In a rather disturbing bit of irony, parents can now take classes that teach them how to parent less . The backlash against overinvolved “helicopter” parents has been going on long time, and Nancy Gibbs’s description of such people in Newsweek will surprise no one who reads trend pieces. They buy Baby Kneepads! They monitor their kids at college, and even in their jobs! When their precious daughter forgets a necklace she needs for her “coordinated outfit,” they race to school to drop it off! More surprising than these stock Generation-Y anecdotes is the news that some parents are pushing back, not just with rebellious mommy-blogging , but with actual classes designed to curb their overparenting impulses. Gibbs describes one…
