‘Helicopter’ parenting leaves children over-protected, warns Duke of Edinburgh’s Award chief 

‘Helicopter’ parenting leaves children over-protected and unable to cope unsupervised outdoors, warns Duke of Edinburgh’s Award chief Ruth Marvel said children are being denied the chance to cope with risk  Said ‘helicopter’ parents do not let youngsters learn from their mistakes Number of children in A&E after falling out of a tree down by a third … Read more