We are not a bunch of over-cautious, anxious ‘helicopter’ parents: in defence of my generation
I’m tired of commentators saying that the current generation of parents, my generation, is over-cautious, anxious and indulging in unprecedented amounts of ‘helicopter parenting’. I’m tired of the unexamined nostalgic longing for the ‘good old days’ when children roamed freely around the neighbourhood. I’m sick of people attributing changing social norms to dysfunction in my […]