Dr. Kimberley Taylor's video: ARE YOU A HELICOPTER PARENT

WE ARE TALKING ABOUT PARENTING AND LOOKING INTO THE QUESTION, HOW CAN WE RAISE OUR CHILDREN TO BE HAPPY, HEALTHY AND SUCCESSFUL ADULTS. IT’S TRUE THAT THROUGH THE GENERATIONS THERE HAVE BEEN MANY VARIATIONS ABOUT WHAT CONSTITUTES THE BEST WAY TO RAISE OUR CHILDREN AND THE PENDULUM HAS SWUNG FROM UNDER INVOLVED TO OVER INVOLVED PARENTING STYLES. WHAT REMAINS CONSTANT IS A PARENT’S WISH FOR THEIR CHILDREN TO BE HAPPY AND SUCCESSFUL IN THEIR LIVES AND TO TRY, AS BEST WE CAN, TO PROTECT THEM FROM NEGATIVE EXPERIENCES? BUT DO WE REALLY HELP OUR CHILDREN BY BEING OVERPROTECTIVE OR DO WE HINDER THEM FROM DEVELOPING SOME NECESSARY SKILLS ON THEIR OWN IN OUR RUSH TO MAKE THEM COMFORTABLE AND OURSELVES LESS ANXIOUS? WHILE OUR INTENTIONS MAY BE GOOD, WHERE DO WE CROSS THE LINE AND IN FACT START TO IMPEDE THE DEVELOPMENT OF SELF CONFIDENCE AND RESILIENCE NECESSARY FOR SUCCESSFUL LIVES. WHILE RESEARCH SHOWS US THAT PARENTS WHO ARE INVOLVED IN THEIR CHILDREN’S LIVES CONTRIBUTE TO THEIR WELL-BEING AND SUCCESS EMOTIONALLY, SOCIALLY, AND ACADEMICALLY; PARENTS WHO ARE TOO INVOLVED, TOO CONTROLLING, AND MICRO-MANAGING THEIR CHILDREN’S LIVES CAN HAVE JUST THE OPPOSITE EFFECT. TODAY MY GUEST IS JULIE LYTHCOTT-HAIMS AUTHOR OF HOW TO RAISE AN ADULT. SHE IS A MOTHER HERSELF AND SERVED AS DEAN OF FRESHMAN AND UNDERGRADUATE ADVISING AT STANFORD UNIVERSITY. AND WE WILL EXPLORE HOW OVER PARENTING MAY NOT ONLY HAMPER THE DEVELOPMENT OF YOUR CHILD BUT ALSO HAVE FAR REACHING EFFECTS TO OUR SOCIETY AS A WHOLE.