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What Is Co-parenting?

May 12, 2018

Co-parenting is a type of parenting were two adults (or more) come together to raise and take responsibility for the same children, but they are not living under the same roof. It enables adults to share responsibility for the children. The adults may be a couple who are separated or divorced, or the parents of

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What Is Helicopter Parenting?

May 10, 2018

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Helicopter parenting is a parenting style in which the parents are closely involved with their children’s lives and try to control them too much, especially the aspects and outcomes of their children’s education. The term helicopter parents was coined by Jim Fay and Foster W. Cline in 1990. As the term implies, the main characteristic