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		NovaJehovah on Feb 24, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The unusual ways Western parents raise children "Helicopter parenting" and "smothering" are not the only alternatives to self-serving, self-absorbed neglect. Throwing your hands up because something is hard and there are no obvious answers is not a recipe for doing a good job at... anything.

bihla on Feb 24, 2021 [–]

I guess I see fewer under-concerned parents than I do over-concerned parents. Of course there are both.

NovaJehovah on Feb 24, 2021 | [–]

I most often see that kind of thing from parents who are trying to compensate for failing to be present in more fundamental ways.

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