Parents say they feel positive about young adult kids
May 9, 2013
USA Today - Such closeness can backfire 'if the parents are doing so much day-to-day problem solving and trouble-shooting that the child never learns the skills to do that,' says Alan Reifman, a professor of human development and family studies at Texas Tech University in Lubbock. But, he says, it's not clear that harmful 'helicopter parenting' is as common as some anecdotal reports suggest.
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