Think You're Not a 'Helicopter' Parent? New Poll Finds Many Are

October 25, 2023
Sarah J. Clark, MPH, of CHEAR was recently quoted in U.S. News and World Report.
“We wanted to see if parents are consistent between what they say and what they do with respect to fostering independence,” explained poll co-director Sarah Clark, a research scientist in the Department of Pediatrics with the Child Health Evaluation and Research Center at the University of Michigan Medicine.
“We thought there would be a gap, but we didn’t think it would be this big,” Clark admitted. “There are a lot of kids who are not getting enough growth opportunities, but parents don’t necessarily recognize it.”