by Harper West | May 30, 2018 | Parenting
A new book about parenting styles asks parents: Are you a “carpenter” or a “gardener? And which style is best for raising kids? In her book “The Gardener and the Carpenter,” Alison Gopnik, a psychology and philosophy professor at University of California...
by Harper West | Dec 10, 2017 | Parenting
I have blogged about helicopter parenting previously and continue to work with many young children and adolescents who exhibit fearful behavior that is hindering their social, emotional, and intellectual development. I often tell parents that their fears and...
by Harper West | Aug 8, 2017 | Parenting
This article about the spoiled children or little emperor children in China that resulted from the one-child policy in the 1980s and 1990s highlights comparisons to today’s children in the United States. China’s children were described as “little emperors” who were...
by Harper West | Jan 4, 2017 | Accountability, Parenting, Shame, Uncategorized
This excellent infographic addresses the very real epidemic of helicopter parenting. I see this regularly in therapy sessions with children, especially teens and young adults. They often arrive with “depression” or over-regulated emotions, a lack of...
