No really, stop micromanaging your kids

Why over-parenting is bad, and how to stop yourself from doing it

A micromanaged kid.
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Do you constantly interfere during your kid's play dates? Send them upstairs to get changed because their clothes don't match? Hover over them while they're doing homework?

Put that red pen back in your purse, because micromanaging your kids is likely to do more harm than good.

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Claire Gillespie

Claire Gillespie is a freelance writer with bylines on Health, SELF, Refinery29, Glamour, The Washington Post, and many more. She likes to write about parenting, health, and culture. She lives in Scotland with her husband and six kids, where she uses every (rare) spare moment to work on her novel.