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Podcast: Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who Worry
Episode: Helicopter Parents: Strategies for Landing
Description: Helicopter parenting isn’t just about being nervous at the playground. Helicopter parents is a loaded label, and we define it in this episode as a hovering parent trying to control an outcome.4:27 WHEN WE CAN’T GO TO THE ER AS EASILYWe discuss the pragmatic balance of reducing the risk of physical play during a pandemic when the same medical care isn’t as straightforward of an option.7:19 HELICOPTER PARENTS DURING PLAYLynn gives examples of parents intervening in play that isn’t helpful.She answers a listener’s...