Helicopter Parents

I’m not sure who first used the term “helicopter parents,” but it is an apt description of an entire generation of parents who have been intimately, and often intricately, involved in the development of their children. These are the parents who closely hover, and then swoop into their children’s lives to prevent any and all harm or failure.... >Full Story

• Superwoman or Super God?

  ‘I AM SUPERWOMAN!’ Or at least I was, or thought I was until more and more of the ‘soup’ started sloshing over the rim of the bowl. I had good training to be superwoman. My grandparents were immigrants from Europe and both grandmothers worked hard and constantly in the mining areas of Pennsylvania. My mother worked in a factory until shortly... >more

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