%0 Journal Article
%T The economic roots of helicopter parenting
%A Fabrizio Zilibotti
%A Matthias Doepke
%J Phi Delta Kappan
%@ 1940-6487
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/0031721719841334
%X In this sexcerpt from their book, Love, Money, and Parenting: How Economics Explains the Way We Raise Our Kids, Matthias Doepke and Fabrizio Zilibotti discuss the phenomenon of helicopter parenting, in which parents spend more time monitoring their kidsĄ¯ activities. They present empirical evidence for a rise in parental involvement and suggest that greater income inequality and the related higher stakes surrounding childrenĄ¯s educational success may be driving parents to be more attentive
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0031721719841334