Does Overprotective Parenting Lead to Anxiety in Children?

Parenting Translator

Have you ever worried that you may be too overprotective as a parent?

Previous research has found that overprotective parenting is linked to anxiety in children, but researchers do not fully understand why this relationship exists. In a new study, published in the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, researchers examined whether emotional regulation skills might explain the relationship between overprotective parenting and anxiety.

So what did they find?

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Dr. Cara Goodwin, Ph.D., is a child psychologist and mother to three children who "translates" research on parenting and child development into information that is accurate, relevant, and useful to parents.