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College-Age Depression Is Increasingly Tied to Helicopter Parenting, Studies Show
Excerpted from How to Raise an Adult: Break Free of the Overparenting Trap and Prepare Your Kid for Success by Julie Lythcott-Haims, out now from Henry Holt and Co. Academically overbearing parents are doing great harm. So says Bill Deresiewicz in his groundbreaking 2014 manifesto Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of...
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Conversely, though, I found university hard because my mum insulated my sister and I from what was needed to support us and made sure we were always able to do what we wanted to.
I never learned the value of hard work growing up despite us not having much, so university was a huge challenge for me since I could no longer rely on my natural smarts and learning ability like I had at school.