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Category: smother love
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Research suggests that how we view helicopter parenting may be related to our cultural roots and to our assessment of the maturity and happiness quotient of our grown child. Even when it’s appropriate, though, we need to keep it in check.
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Sixty may be the new forty, but our kids aren’t the age they were when we were in our 40s. In short, we’re no longer in control of their lives and decisions.
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We may think we’re being “nice” to a daughter or son and their family but we may be guilty of being intrusive and of practicing a sugary form of smother love.
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In May, I linked to a post on the educated grandparent blog–a post that talked about the need for those of us who are retiring from our jobs and work-day careers to make sure we develop our own interests and not live our lives through our grown children and grandchildren. No sooner had I read…
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When I was growing up, some of my friends had over-protective parents–parents who marched over to school if a low grade or negative report was sent about their child, parents who labored with their children over the homework or had their kids call home every hour or so if they went out with friends for…
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Every summer, friends' grown child comes to their house at the beach for a two-week vacation–rent free, of course. Every winter, my friends take this daughter, their son-in-law and two children on a long-weekend ski trip. My friends pay for the condo and the lift tickets. The daughter lives near my friends and is frequently…
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