How ‘hyper-parenting’ can do more harm than good

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Mara Yerkes 2019 research referenced in this newspaper article. 

In 2019 Dutch sociologist Mara Yerkes wrote a research paper in which she states: “intensive parenting may lead children to feel less competent, feel more anxious and more depressed. Adolescents of highly-involved parents show higher levels of internalizing problems such as anxiety and depression, and lower autonomy.”