Learning to let go: Experts warn helicopter parenting is behind kids' anxiety epidemic
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Dr. Camilo Ortiz and 'Free Range Kids' author Lenore Skenazy wrote in support of letting kids learn from their own mistakes and take more autonomy over their own lives.
But parents may have overcompensated, some argue. Perhaps parents led kids to their gradual decline in independence in recent decades, leading psychologist Dr. Camilo Ortiz and "Let Grow" nonprofit director Lenore Skenazy to ask "what if the problem was simply that kids are growing up so overprotected that they’re scared of the world?" Taylor Penley is an associate editor with Fox News.
"If so, the solution would be simple, too," the duo wrote in a recent New York Times guest essay. "Start letting them do more things on their own."
Critically endangered whale seen off California coast: 'Every sighting is incredibly valuable to us'
In a rare sighting recently, the endangered North Pacific right whale was spotted off the coast of California by a marine wildlife team near Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary.