My experience is that the “hyperparents” are primarily the mothers. It’s natural many mothers to overprotect. It’s the father’s job to counterbalance that with tough love. I hate to see the parents in my area go out of their way to chauffer their kids to school. I tell my kids that’s what school buses are for. If it rains, they can use raincoats. Besides, hypermoms clutter up rush hour traffic, waste fuel and generate pollution. Why do some parents want to raise pansies? My sons used to pester me about giving them rides to school because it was cold. I became angry, as we live in Florida and I can remember trudging to school in New York in the snow in my youth. I told them they need to get used to a harsh environment so when they get drafted to fight terrorists in Afghanistan, they will be able to handle harsh weather. They asked me what a “draft” was, that started another big discussion.
