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9. The Anti-Helicopter Parent: Madeline Levine
Madeline Levine is a Marin County, CA psychologist and mother of three grown boys whose latest
book "Teach Your Children Well", was one of the more influential parenting books this season. Levine made a compelling explanation of just how and why parents who push their children to succeed (in a needy, insecure way) or live through their child's accomplishments are actually perceived by ...
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9. The Anti-Helicopter Parent: Madeline Levine
Madeline Levine is a Marin County, CA psychologist and mother of three grown boys whose latest
book "Teach Your Children Well", was one of the more influential parenting books this season. Levine made a compelling explanation of just how and why parents who push their children to succeed (in a needy, insecure way) or live through their child's accomplishments are actually perceived by the child as unloving and emotionally absent. The book elicted one of the smartest pieces of parenting writing we read all year, an essay by Katie Roiphe for Slate, entitled "
The Seven Myths of Helicopter Parenting".
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