I'm not convinced this is a real problem. The term helicopter parenting was first used in 1990 [0] New Yorker article on same topic from 2008 [1] Articles a

I'm not convinced this is a real problem. The term helicopter parenting was first used in 1990 [0] New Yorker article on same topic from 2008 [1] Articles and posts like this are chock-full of anecdotes and head-nodding, but short on studies or other data to even correlate against. Seems like this "crisis" has been happening for a long time. Is there a longitudinal study on children who have been "helicopter parented?" vs those who were raised "free-range"? [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helicopter_parent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helicopter_parent [1] https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2008/11/17/the-child-trap https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2008/11/17/the-child-trap