Could overprotective parenting be limiting your child's fitness? New research links independence and autonomy to more active, healthier kids.

The Education Secretary is getting tough on overprotective parents. “Coddling children won’t help them – it just leaves them ...

Black baby onesies that say "Lock up your daughters" on the front and pink ones that read "I'm not allowed to date, ever!" will probably be given as gifts to many new dads this Father's Day. They'll ...

Jenn Hoskins, a mom of nine from Orlando, Florida, was once what you’d call an overprotective mother. “In the early years, I often shielded my children from anything I perceived as harmful,” she ...

Some parents just don’t know when it’s time to cut the cord. If you were about to get married, would you consider living with your parents after the wedding, or would you save up to move into your own ...

When I was a kid, the annual father-daughter banquet at my church totally creeped me out. I couldn't put my finger on it at the time, being an inarticulate teenager whose primary concern was avoiding ...

Helicopter. Hoverer. Shadow. Overprotective. These are typically the big bads of parenting. You couldn’t love your littles anymore than you already do, and you want only the best for them. That’s why ...

First-year undergraduates who grew up with overly cautious or controlling parents tend to experience increased anxiety when faced with stresses associated with the transition to university, ...