I mean this is gross, weird and invasive overparenting anyway, but ALSO one of the most important unspoken 'exams' of university is whether you will still attend lectures, get your assignments done, and balance it all with a healthy social life if no one else but you is forcing you to do so
September 18, 2026 at 4:39 PM
I mean this is gross, weird and invasive overparenting anyway, but ALSO one of the most important unspoken 'exams' of university is whether you will still attend lectures, get your assignments done, and balance it all with a healthy social life if no one else but you is forcing you to do so
Stop rescuing your kid from every bump. Here's why.
In The Gift of Failure, Jessica Lahey says overparenting kills intrinsic motivation.
Full summary + audio: https://app.7minutebooks.com/the-gift-of-failure-by-jessica-lahey/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
In The Gift of Failure, Jessica Lahey says overparenting kills intrinsic motivation.
Full summary + audio: https://app.7minutebooks.com/the-gift-of-failure-by-jessica-lahey/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
September 17, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Stop rescuing your kid from every bump. Here's why.
In The Gift of Failure, Jessica Lahey says overparenting kills intrinsic motivation.
Full summary + audio: https://app.7minutebooks.com/the-gift-of-failure-by-jessica-lahey/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
In The Gift of Failure, Jessica Lahey says overparenting kills intrinsic motivation.
Full summary + audio: https://app.7minutebooks.com/the-gift-of-failure-by-jessica-lahey/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
First term resolutions to live by for a peaceful and happy new school year
First term resolutions to live by for a peaceful and happy new school year
Avoid overparenting, set aside some time for yourself and, like Elsa, learn when to let it go
www.irishtimes.com
September 14, 2026 at 5:00 AM
First term resolutions to live by for a peaceful and happy new school year
First term resolutions to live by for a peaceful and happy new school year
First term resolutions to live by for a peaceful and happy new school year
Avoid overparenting, set aside some time for yourself and, like Elsa, learn when to let it go
www.irishtimes.com
September 14, 2026 at 4:42 AM
First term resolutions to live by for a peaceful and happy new school year
Why overparenting creates fragile adults — and the fix.
Overparenting teaches kids they can't cope alone.
Full summary + audio: https://app.7minutebooks.com/how-to-raise-an-adult-by-julie-lythcott-haims/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
Overparenting teaches kids they can't cope alone.
Full summary + audio: https://app.7minutebooks.com/how-to-raise-an-adult-by-julie-lythcott-haims/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
August 17, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Why overparenting creates fragile adults — and the fix.
Overparenting teaches kids they can't cope alone.
Full summary + audio: https://app.7minutebooks.com/how-to-raise-an-adult-by-julie-lythcott-haims/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
Overparenting teaches kids they can't cope alone.
Full summary + audio: https://app.7minutebooks.com/how-to-raise-an-adult-by-julie-lythcott-haims/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
Diesdas Überfliegerin und Overparenting, geschenkt. Aber diesen Corporate-Entschuldigungs-Sprech finde ich, mit Verlaub, nur noch zum Kotzen.
www.t-online.de/nachrichten/...
www.t-online.de/nachrichten/...
Lufthansa lässt 13-jähriges Mädchen sitzen
Ein Mädchen will zurück nach Schweden fliegen. Doch am Münchner Flughafen wird sie von der Lufthansa gebeten, auf den nächsten Flug zu warten.
www.t-online.de
August 14, 2026 at 6:45 AM
Diesdas Überfliegerin und Overparenting, geschenkt. Aber diesen Corporate-Entschuldigungs-Sprech finde ich, mit Verlaub, nur noch zum Kotzen.
www.t-online.de/nachrichten/...
www.t-online.de/nachrichten/...
Auto insurance premiums for teens were sky-high in the Bygone Days Of Hose, there's a real social problem here but it's got nothing to do with screen time or overparenting or whatever
August 13, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Auto insurance premiums for teens were sky-high in the Bygone Days Of Hose, there's a real social problem here but it's got nothing to do with screen time or overparenting or whatever
Leaving your kid home alone: The article attributes parents' getting babysitters for tweens to overparenting, mental health issues & travel sports.
But it doesn't mention state laws of which parents are afraid of running afoul.
For example, until 2023,...
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www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
But it doesn't mention state laws of which parents are afraid of running afoul.
For example, until 2023,...
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www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Today’s tweens have less independence, costing parents more in babysitting
While some youngsters are working as babysitters, others are still being babysat. The changing norms are costing parents.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 12, 2026 at 3:26 AM
Leaving your kid home alone: The article attributes parents' getting babysitters for tweens to overparenting, mental health issues & travel sports.
But it doesn't mention state laws of which parents are afraid of running afoul.
For example, until 2023,...
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www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
But it doesn't mention state laws of which parents are afraid of running afoul.
For example, until 2023,...
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www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
sunscreen is like the one thing the fussy overparenting types were actually right about please do not relitigate sunscreen
that’s like the second biggest reason millennials aren’t aging like boomers did
that’s like the second biggest reason millennials aren’t aging like boomers did
August 10, 2026 at 2:36 AM
sunscreen is like the one thing the fussy overparenting types were actually right about please do not relitigate sunscreen
that’s like the second biggest reason millennials aren’t aging like boomers did
that’s like the second biggest reason millennials aren’t aging like boomers did
"Homer, your half-assed underparenting was much easier to put up with than your half-assed overparenting"
August 8, 2026 at 5:25 PM
"Homer, your half-assed underparenting was much easier to put up with than your half-assed overparenting"
Ach so, hahaha. Da bin ich nicht soweit von entfernt 😇
Hat mich die letzten Tage viel Schlaf gekostet immer geschaut, ob er die Flieger eigentlich kriegt beim umsteigen, ob das Gepäck dabei ist und und und… 😅
Bin glaub im kompletten Overparenting Modus 🫣
Hat mich die letzten Tage viel Schlaf gekostet immer geschaut, ob er die Flieger eigentlich kriegt beim umsteigen, ob das Gepäck dabei ist und und und… 😅
Bin glaub im kompletten Overparenting Modus 🫣
August 4, 2026 at 10:36 AM
Ach so, hahaha. Da bin ich nicht soweit von entfernt 😇
Hat mich die letzten Tage viel Schlaf gekostet immer geschaut, ob er die Flieger eigentlich kriegt beim umsteigen, ob das Gepäck dabei ist und und und… 😅
Bin glaub im kompletten Overparenting Modus 🫣
Hat mich die letzten Tage viel Schlaf gekostet immer geschaut, ob er die Flieger eigentlich kriegt beim umsteigen, ob das Gepäck dabei ist und und und… 😅
Bin glaub im kompletten Overparenting Modus 🫣
Students leave home for college. Their parents' influence doesn't leave with them.
Ming Cui, Oluranti Ogundele & Yinuo Zhang examine how parenting - and especially overparenting - shapes college students' well-being.
academic.oup.com/edited-volum...
Ming Cui, Oluranti Ogundele & Yinuo Zhang examine how parenting - and especially overparenting - shapes college students' well-being.
academic.oup.com/edited-volum...
August 3, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Students leave home for college. Their parents' influence doesn't leave with them.
Ming Cui, Oluranti Ogundele & Yinuo Zhang examine how parenting - and especially overparenting - shapes college students' well-being.
academic.oup.com/edited-volum...
Ming Cui, Oluranti Ogundele & Yinuo Zhang examine how parenting - and especially overparenting - shapes college students' well-being.
academic.oup.com/edited-volum...
And mind you, I say this as someone who strongly favors less car-centric design, and less overparenting and excessive scheduling of childhoods!
I want to address both those problems! So it’s important to try to get this right.
I want to address both those problems! So it’s important to try to get this right.
July 22, 2026 at 7:53 PM
And mind you, I say this as someone who strongly favors less car-centric design, and less overparenting and excessive scheduling of childhoods!
I want to address both those problems! So it’s important to try to get this right.
I want to address both those problems! So it’s important to try to get this right.
July 22, 2026 at 12:24 PM
It’s not overparenting to say “hey, knock that off, you need to stay close” and keep your kids from trying to wander into the kitchen.
July 19, 2026 at 5:36 PM
It’s not overparenting to say “hey, knock that off, you need to stay close” and keep your kids from trying to wander into the kitchen.
Deutschland ist die drittgrößte Volkswirtschaft der Welt 👍
aber
Jedes fünfte Kind in diesem Land ist armutsgefährdet❗️
und
Der prozentual zweitstärkste Einschnitt (-17%) im Haushalt 2027 betrifft das Familien-Ministerium❗️
➡️ Lobbyismus wirkt - ganz besonders bei Merz
www.zeit.de/2025/41/sabi...
aber
Jedes fünfte Kind in diesem Land ist armutsgefährdet❗️
und
Der prozentual zweitstärkste Einschnitt (-17%) im Haushalt 2027 betrifft das Familien-Ministerium❗️
➡️ Lobbyismus wirkt - ganz besonders bei Merz
www.zeit.de/2025/41/sabi...
Sabine Walper: "Mit bester Absicht steuern manche Eltern auf 'Overparenting' zu"
Sabina Walper forscht seit Jahrzehnten zu Kindern. Sie sagt: Die moderne Wissenschaft hat Eltern sehr verunsichert. Und spricht über ihre eigene, besondere Familie.
www.zeit.de
July 17, 2026 at 8:40 AM
Deutschland ist die drittgrößte Volkswirtschaft der Welt 👍
aber
Jedes fünfte Kind in diesem Land ist armutsgefährdet❗️
und
Der prozentual zweitstärkste Einschnitt (-17%) im Haushalt 2027 betrifft das Familien-Ministerium❗️
➡️ Lobbyismus wirkt - ganz besonders bei Merz
www.zeit.de/2025/41/sabi...
aber
Jedes fünfte Kind in diesem Land ist armutsgefährdet❗️
und
Der prozentual zweitstärkste Einschnitt (-17%) im Haushalt 2027 betrifft das Familien-Ministerium❗️
➡️ Lobbyismus wirkt - ganz besonders bei Merz
www.zeit.de/2025/41/sabi...
Are younger gens mebbe more risk averse? (bc things rn so chaotic? bc of overparenting?) Weed seems much more reliably mellow. Hard to be/stay angry unlike w/ alcohol. Ppl sick of that drama? Good thing I think but wrt pot gotta balance w/ excess zoning out tho. Easy to get stuck there.
June 21, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Are younger gens mebbe more risk averse? (bc things rn so chaotic? bc of overparenting?) Weed seems much more reliably mellow. Hard to be/stay angry unlike w/ alcohol. Ppl sick of that drama? Good thing I think but wrt pot gotta balance w/ excess zoning out tho. Easy to get stuck there.
Hmm, two extrem cases of "overparenting" and denial. I don't know what to say to that other than that you should let the kid make his own way through life and reinforce the good ideas the kid have.
June 4, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Hmm, two extrem cases of "overparenting" and denial. I don't know what to say to that other than that you should let the kid make his own way through life and reinforce the good ideas the kid have.
Fun Fact: Overparenting happened in the 1970's too. Ask me how I know: share.google/IvijUuODJSlx...
Psychology asserts that children of the 1960s and 1970s did not become emotionally strong thanks to better parenting, but because they grew up with enough daily neglect to learn to self-regulate, solv...
Did less supervision make kids stronger? Research links independence in childhood to better emotional resilience later
share.google
May 29, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Fun Fact: Overparenting happened in the 1970's too. Ask me how I know: share.google/IvijUuODJSlx...
"Overparenting is not the same thing as being involved. It is closer to “hovering,” where adults step in fast and often, even when the stakes are low. That can mean mediating every friend conflict, rewriting a school email, or negotiating with a coach after a child is benched." Right, but...
May 28, 2026 at 2:25 PM
"Overparenting is not the same thing as being involved. It is closer to “hovering,” where adults step in fast and often, even when the stakes are low. That can mean mediating every friend conflict, rewriting a school email, or negotiating with a coach after a child is benched." Right, but...
#Popmama_com 7 Dampak yang Bisa Terjadi Jika Anak Terlalu Sering Dibantu
7 Dampak yang Bisa Terjadi Jika Anak Terlalu Sering Dibantu
Overparenting dapat memengaruhi kemandirian dan kesehatan mental anak. Pola asuh yang terlalu mengontrol berisiko meningkatkan kecemasan serta menurunkan rasa percaya diri.
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May 5, 2026 at 1:55 PM
#Popmama_com 7 Dampak yang Bisa Terjadi Jika Anak Terlalu Sering Dibantu
7 Dampak yang Bisa Terjadi Jika Anak Terlalu Sering Dibantu
7 Dampak yang Bisa Terjadi Jika Anak Terlalu Sering Dibantu
Overparenting dapat memengaruhi kemandirian dan kesehatan mental anak. Pola asuh yang terlalu mengontrol berisiko meningkatkan kecemasan serta menurunkan rasa percaya diri.
www.popmama.com
April 30, 2026 at 1:54 AM
7 Dampak yang Bisa Terjadi Jika Anak Terlalu Sering Dibantu
