The NY Times Says Intensive Parenting Is Best, but …

By the time children become young adults, with any luck — truly a factor — they’re resourceful and capable. Yet that’s not the same thing as having a ton of resources, or being capable of everything.

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Parenting can extend well beyond childhood. Caleb Oquendo via pexels.com

“Parents Are Highly Involved in their Adult Children’s Lives and Fine With It,” the front page of the New York Times declared. Added the subhead: “New surveys show that today’s intensive parenting has benefits, not just risks, and most young adults seem happy with it, too.”

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