<p>The last couple of decades have seen a nationwide trend towards a more overbearing style of parenting, but this "Helicopter Parenting" has a whole host of negative consequences for children and their development into young adults. Listen along and Clayton and Megan examine why we should reject it in favor of more independence for kids. </p>

The last couple of decades have seen a nationwide trend towards a more overbearing style of parenting, but this "Helicopter Parenting" has a whole host of negative consequences for children and their development into young adults. Listen along and Clayton and Megan examine why we should reject it in favor of more independence for kids.

Episode 4: Reject Helicopter Parenting, Embrace Adolescent Independence

Two UCLA Political Science PhD Students, Comparativist Megan Cox and Americanist Clayton Becker take you through the ways that previous generations have made the world worse by dismantling the legacy of things like the New Deal and the Great Society. From car dependency to political polarization to our over-reliance on dating apps to helicopter parenting, come along to learn about the many different ways that we should Reject Modernity and Embrace Tradition.

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Episode 4: Reject Helicopter Parenting, Embrace Adolescent Independence

Episode 4: Reject Helicopter Parenting, Embrace Adolescent Independence