Is hands off parenting a good thing?

My educator/ writer friend Dan Riseman of Riseman Consulting has written another helpful blog that is related to his last. He explains just why helicopter parenting can backfire. It can be hard to resist the urge to manage many details of our children' lives. read more

Hands on parenting to one person may not be hands on parenting to another.The same thing goes for "hands-off" parenting. At a certain point, hands off parenting just becomes negligent. Children thrive in SOME amount of structure at least. read more

While admirable in some respects, Dr Woolfson is sceptical about this hands-off approach. 'It's good to encourage decision-making, but there's a big difference between consulting with your child and letting them decide everything they do,' he says. read more

Many parents have interpreted “free-range” to mean completely hands-off. But Skenazy says that’s not what free-range parenting is about. It is a decision to give your child freedom and responsibility while preparing him for it. read more