Child mortality saw steep improvements in the 1900s - 1940s all over the world. I didn't think I had to clear myself of this argument. "Helicopter parents", th

Child mortality saw steep improvements in the 1900s - 1940s all over the world. I didn't think I had to clear myself of this argument. "Helicopter parents", the desire to call CPS for unattended children - these are new and novel phenomena that are symptoms of society's desire to raise the cost of parenting through marketing, social norms, and peer pressure.