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Are You a Helicopter Parent?

 
By Stephanie Elliot
Helicopter Parenting describes parents who hover over their children and become too involved in their lives, including interfering in college or career decisions later in life. Are you headed in this direction with your child? Take our quiz to find out if you're hovering too much already.

  1. At the park, your child stands alone, watching the other kids play. Do you:

    Introduce him to some of the other kids and encourage them all to play together
    Watch him, knowing he'll warm up to them soon
    Yell to him to go down the slide and play or else you'll take him home

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