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It’s Really F*cking Hard Not To Be A Helicopter Parent These Days

Before I Had Kids™, I thought I knew the things I would worry about and the things I wouldn’t. We were all better parents before we became one, and it’s safe to say I’ve learned a lot in nearly 15 years of raising our four amazing humans.My childhood was largely happy and uncomplicated, and it involved a great deal of free license to explore the world around me — be it on horseback, by foot, or on the back of an ATV. I grew up in rural southwestern Pennsylvania just outside of Pittsburgh, where rolling cornfields begin to rise into the Appalachian foothills. My parents encouraged independence...