Overparenting - taking over and completing developmentally appropriate tasks for children - is pervasive and hurts children's motivation. Research shows that this behavior can lead to worse mental health.
If parents start to frame everyday tasks as learning opportunities, they can reduce overparenting behaviors and positively impact their child's long-term motivation and self-regulation.
Parents in cultures with greater income inequality may intervene more because they prioritize the task's outcome over the learning process, leading to an increase in overparenting.
The new Yale study suggests a mindset shift in parents away from intervention and towards valuing learning opportunities could significantly reduce harmful overparenting behaviors.
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