There is no end to the articles and blog posts about overprotective helicopter parents who won’t let their children do anything for themselves and are raising children who can’t operate independently. There probably are some of these parents — but does the helicopter hysteria match the reality. No, says Alfie Kohn, author of 13 books, in the following text, an adaptation from ‘The Myth of the Spoiled Child: Challenging the Conventional Wisdom About Children and Parenting.’
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