Helicopter parenting has been blamed for a lot of Millennials characteristics (cough, flaws, cough), and some suggest that college-age depression is increasingly tied to overinvolved parents.

Helicopter parenting has been blamed for a lot of Millennials characteristics (cough, flaws, cough), and some suggest that college-age depression is increasingly tied to overinvolved parents. A psychologist at a “large public university in the Midwest” says, “college students…can’t negotiate a balance between consulting with parents and independent decision-making,” and a 2014 study found that a highly structured childhood correlates with less executive functioning skills. (Slate)