DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT
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having a tendency to protect someone, especially a child, excessively.
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having or indicating a tendency to be overly generous to or lenient with someone
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not fully developed
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caring for and encouraging the growth or development of someone or something
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Detailed explanation-1: -Overprotective parents are those who are continuously trying to prevent their children from being exposed to conflict, or situations that are distressing or painful. These parents tend to be excessively cautious with their children and often feel overly responsible about what might happen to them.
Detailed explanation-2: -Overprotective parents are sometimes called helicopter parents because they hover over their children at all times. Overprotective parents who are low in parental care and warmth are controlling parents or authoritarian parents.
Detailed explanation-3: -When you overprotect someone, you baby or coddle them-you protect them too much. If your parents overprotect you, they never let you make mistakes or take risks. Overprotection comes from wanting to keep someone safe all the time, and it’s particularly common for a parent to overprotect a child.
Detailed explanation-4: -The overprotective parent wants to protect their children from harm, hurt and pain, unhappiness, bad experiences and rejection, hurt feelings, failure and disappointments. When the parent is fearful of many things, the child becomes overly scared as well.