Could overprotective parenting be limiting your child's fitness? New research links independence and autonomy to more active, healthier kids.

Jenn Hoskins, a mom of nine from Orlando, Florida, was once what you’d call an overprotective mother. “In the early years, I often shielded my children from anything I perceived as harmful,” she ...

The Education Secretary is getting tough on overprotective parents. “Coddling children won’t help them – it just leaves them ...

Dear parents, Are you becoming an overprotective parent while trying to keep your little one safe? Think again! Your habits ...

First-year undergraduates who grew up with overly cautious or controlling parents tend to experience increased anxiety when faced with stresses associated with the transition to university, ...

Overprotective environments — parenting patterns, as we will see later, have had a detrimental effect on young people. Social media — use and misuse of these mediums for engaging with the world.

Helicoptering your child will likely increase your life satisfaction, because it makes the loss of personal autonomy that can come along with parenting dissipate to some extent. When you ...

First-year undergraduates who grew up with overly cautious or controlling parents tend to experience increased anxiety when faced with stresses associated with the transition to university, ...

Overprotective parenting (OP) style may adversely affect pediatric oral health and clinical management. A cross-sectional study conducted in Netherlands showed that higher levels of OP were associated ...

There's a particular kind of discomfort that comes from watching the world raise children in a way that looks completely ...