"Parents Will Be Dead One Day" — Former Stanford Dean on Why Overprotecting Kids Backfires
If your kid has never handled a small risk without you, what happens when they face their first big one—online or in the real world—when you aren't there?
In this episode of The Parent Tap, Ryan sits down with former Stanford University Dean of Freshmen and New York Times bestselling author Julie Lythcott-Haims ("How to Raise an Adult" and the upcoming "The Not So Empty Nest").
Julie breaks down how well-meaning "overprotection" and "surveillance parenting" (24/7 GPS tracking, constant grade-portal checking, and bedroom cameras) accidentally strip kids of their agency, self-efficacy, and…
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