The rise of the helicopter parent

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"Helicopter parents" aren't limited to school kids — they can dominate the lives of adult children too.


Trudi Latour and Barbara Barkhausen discuss the rise of the so-called ‘Helicopter Parents’  who pay extremely close attention to their children at universities across the country.


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