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It’s important for a parent to be close to their children and know what’s happening in their lives. However, some take that involvement too far and become what are popularly known as helicopter parents. Are you one of them? Try this test to find out.
This test is for anyone curious about their parenting style, or concerned about their relationships with their children. This test is designed for adults and is not intended to be prescriptive.
If you think your parenting approach may be negatively affecting your children, you can speak to a mental health professional about ways to shift your style. You can find one near you in the Psychology Today Therapy Directory.
Schiffrin, et al. The Helicopter Parenting Behaviors Questionnaire (2014).
Reed, Duncan, et al. Helicopter Parenting and Emerging Adult Self-Efficacy: Implications for Mental and Physical Health (2016).
Perry, et al. Childhood Self-Regulation as a Mechanism Through Which Early Overcontrolling Parenting Is Associated With Adjustment in Preadolescence (2018).
When we fall prey to perfectionism, we think we’re honorably aspiring to be our very best, but often we’re really just setting ourselves up for failure, as perfection is impossible and its pursuit inevitably backfires.