Those "overparenting" — or helicopter parenting, where parents are overly focused on their children and therefore guilty of excessive parenting — might want to loosen their grip on their kids' lives, as a new study from
Researchers surveyed more than 400 college students ages 18 to 29 to learn more about how they were raised and how they felt about their time in school. Respondents were asked to rank how much they felt statements regarding parenting and their college career were true. With a specific focus on overparenting, researchers found that helicopter parenting, specifically when a father contributes, was more associated with burnout.
"Burnout is a response to ongoing stress that is important, because it saps the student's energy, reduces their productivity, and leaves them with a diminished sense of accomplishment," said Professor Frank Fincham, an FSU Eminent Scholar and director of the FSU Family Institute,
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