Actually a very good article on “overparenting” NA style. There are even American parents who accompany their kids today to argue marks with professors. We call them “helicopter” parents because they are always hovering just overhead. The “self esteem"movement went on steroids and became a monster.

Naturally I believe those advanced social programs play a big role.

I enjoyed reading the article. Will read again later to digest it even more.

In terms of schools, there are some things that resonate. First, our children are under such constant supervision when they are at school. They don’t have much room to wander outside of the surveillance net that is so much a part of our school culture these days. It’s important that kids are safe, but our schools have gone a little overboard in this regard, I fear.

Second, one of the greatest fears that new teachers have when accepting a classroom for the first time is that they will somehow “lose control” of the class. Classroom management for many teachers is grounded in a narrative of control and power.

I think that we would have much more fruitful classroom and school environments if they were based on more of an understanding of and respect for children at their various stages of development. If we did, we would have situations where our children and our teachers couldn’t wait to get back to school.

The article, for me, boldly underlines this point!