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As parents or guardians, we move heaven and earth to provide comfort and security to our children but are we going too far to make this world overly comfortable without letting them taste the bluntness of the real world? Are we overparenting our kids? Ǭ 1 -+ - )/$)"ǭ *- Ǭ# '$ *+/ + - )/$)"ǭ$.2# )2 *( *1 -*) -) !*- *0- #$' ǭ. 2 ''Ƕ $)"Ǡ when we are not willing to let them experiment with their pursuits or face their fears because we are previously consumed with the anxiety that *0- #$' 2$'' " / #0-/ *- ( 4 .0ƥ - *). ,0 ) . /# / # 2*)ǭ/ ' /*
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WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE HERE NOT TO TAKE CONTROL IN OUR HANDS; RATHER HOLD THEIR HANDS AND GUIDE THEM ALONG THE WAY
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Somewhere beneath, the obsession lies that I want to be there for my child
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Pubmed Central in their research published has shown many negative consequences of overparenting among emerging adult children, such as personality and psychological $..0 . Ǿ ǟ"ǟ )/$/' ( )/Ǡ + -! /$*)ism), lack of adequate competencies Ǿ ǟ"ǟ . '!Ƕ- "0' /$*)Ǡ *+$)" .&$''.Ǡ friendship, and dating competence), $)/ -) '$.$)" Ǿ ǟ"ǟ )3$ /4Ǡ +- ..$*)Ǡ low life satisfaction) and externalising +-* ' (.Ǿ ǟ"ǟ.0 ./ ) 0. Ǡ.* $ ' ( $ $ /$*).ǟ
We need to understand that we are here not to take control in our hands; rather hold their hands and guide them along the way, letting them go 2# ) /# 4 ! ' *)ơ )/ )*0"# /* embark on new aspirations, letting them experience life in their creative ways with the assurance that they have got our back; in case things go 2-*)"ǟ
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