The Child Trap

For the most part, I would say this article is spot-on. Even from an average citizen's viewpoint, it is very evident that parents are completely over bearing. Television ads are also a reflection of this. All types of toys and games claiming to increase brain function at an early age. As stated in the article, studies have shown these really do no good. Although I would not consider my parents "over-bearing" I am an only child and they have devoted a lot, possibly too much, attention towards me. Before I was born my mother read every single parenting book she could get her hands on. As a child they were very protective over germs and made me have a small container of hand sanitizer at school. Besides the fact that during my childhood they watched my every move, as I got older they lightened up and let me do things on my own more. Now, after being in college, they have realized they have virtually no control over me anymore and accept the fact that I'm a little wilder than they would like.