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    Dogtanian: I do wish there could be posts here on parenting without there being a dozen comments saying "Well I don't want kids anyway, yuck". It's a bit like co... more »
    Ipomoea: Y'all, I have seen the helicopter parenting when the child parented is 20 and it is BAD. A former (short-lived) co-worker didn't know how to clean the... more »
    killershrew: I know this is an old news kind of topic because I already see the results of this kind of parenting in the college students I teach. Their parents fe... more »
    petersterncan: My approach to parenting is to: -get them to eat well -get them to get enough sleep -get them to figure out things for themselves -keep an eye on thei... more »
    Gretchen is a new kitten mom!: I'd like to know what happened to common sense. I teach in a rural district where half of our students live below the poverty line. I've seen some of... more »
    KathrynwithaY loves Joan Collins: When I worked in my college's admissions office, I would get applications and essays filled out by the child's parents. Like really, kid? You cannot f... more »
    SomeAuthorGirl: Some of the best advice I ever got was to throw out every book on pregnancy and parenting other than Dr. Spock and Dr. Ferber. Kids aren't projects to... more »
    Flackette Goes Retro: I recently heard someone bemoan the fact that her 3 year old granddaughter is not in any extracurricular activities, even though she spends 9 hours a ... more »
    tonightineed is actually Mrs. Ziegler-Spock: I am the spawn of overparenting. Mom wouldn't let me go out back to play least a tree fall on me. NOT KIDDING. more »
    Cesybabe or Nirvanah Crane: I have actually just come home to parents who a. did actually give me an air rifle, b. slit the throats of our pet lambs in front of us for sunday lun... more »
    PinkSoxHat: A girl I went to high school with has a blog that she updates every day about her one year old daughter. New words, which veggies she eats, when she ... more »
    scaram0uche: "Are you bleeding? No? Good. Go back outside." more »
    mommy_dearest: I'm sick of the books and articles about bad parents. They are generally based on anecdotes- I don't care if you are a psychologist or a teacher or a ... more »
    braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.: Hieronymous Braak will, between the ages of 7 and 12, be forced to survive on his own in the Arctic, raised only by wolves. He will come to hate me fo... more »
    Mama Penguino: I have so much to say about this my brain is exploding into fireworks so that the inside of my skull looks like the 4th of July at Thumbelina's. At ou... more »
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    New Yorker: Helicopter Moms And Hothouse Dads Need To Calm The Eff Down