1. OVERPROTECTIVE PARENTS

2. What are we going to talk about ?
The meaning of overprotection
What does an overprotective parent usually do?
Why?
Negative Effects
Just one possitive effect.
What shall we do?

6. THE MEANING OF Overprotective parents or Helicopter Parents
Incredible desire to protect
Obsessed about the cruel world
Shield their child from:
EVERYTHING
&
EVERYONE

7. What does an overprotective parent usually do?
Coddles their child from inevitable problems and disappointments.
The child will learn to depend on others
His needs are always satisfied

8. What does an overprotective parent usually do?
Negotiate for their child.
Provide instant gratification

9. Why Do Parents Coddle Their Children?
Less time to spend with them
Guilt
Try to make up for lost time

10. Negative Long-Term Effects
Translate their fears on children
Separation is harder
Learn to depend on others

11. Negative Long-Term Effects
Will not become a successful adult.
Stunt growth and development

12. Negative Long-Term Effects
Unsure of their passion, their own direction, and what to do next.
Slow brain growth in an area linked to mental illness.

13. Just one possitive effect.
A study shows…
-Children get higher
levels of engagement
-More frequent use of
deep learning
activities,”

14. What shall we as a parents do?
Educate them to become independent human beings
Educate, without continuous interference
Our fears, needn't be translated into fear for them.

15. Encourage our children!
Let´s allow our children to fall, make mistakes, feel jealousy and suffer defeat.

16. Encourage our children:
Watch them grow in confidence, skill, responsibility and emotional intelligence

17. VISIT THE DOCTOR
Get professional help if your fearfulness is acute.