TSHP127: Overprotective Parenting, Independence & Anxiety

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I think we can all agree that parenting is a rather important book. The thing about being a parent though, is that there is no text book. There’s no hard and fast way to raise a human being. Sometimes, we make mistakes – maybe we’re overprotective, perhaps we’re under-protective, too strict or goodness knows what.

It’s an important job but sometimes we make the wrong calls and, over a long enough time line the routines and habits we teach can have a long term, negative impact. So how do we pick up the pieces?

Enjoy the show, it’s The Self Help Podcast!

• Here’s a link to this week’s blog post by Sean
• ‘Why Japanese Kids Can Walk to School Alone‘
• You really need to learn about Mr. Donald Winnicott
• ‘The Side Effects of Overprotective Parenting‘

• Sean recommends Feel the Fear and Do it Anyway by Susan Jeffers is one
• Ed is a bit obsessed with this Japanese TV show that sends kids off by themselves to run errands for their parents

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