"Murray Bowen described optimal functioning as balancing connection and separateness."
Intensive parenting can involve excessive closeness or excessive distance from children. Over-nurturing and over-accommodating can crowd a child’s developmental space. Outsourcing, checking out, or shutting down can also crowd a child’s space to grow. Helicopter parenting is one common form, involving hovering, anticipating problems, and stepping in too quickly. Many parents do not recognize themselves in the hovering image, yet they may still respond with intensity. Some parents become highly attuned to a child’s internal world by tracking moods, anticipating distress, and adjusting themselves in response, carrying more than their share of the emotional process. Optimal functioning involves balancing connection and separateness.
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