The perils of overprotective parenting: fathers' perspectives explored

Child: Care, Health and Development
Mariana Brussoni, Lise L Olsen

Abstract

The dominant discourse of popular media appears to paint a disparaging picture of parents deemed overly concerned about their children's safety. Child injury prevention interventions frequently focus on influencing parenting behaviours. Fathers are increasingly involved in childcare, highlighting the need to understand their perspectives on overprotective parenting as it relates to considerations of injury prevention while actively engaged with their children. Qualitative interviews were carried out with 32 fathers of children aged 2-7 years in a Canadian urban setting. Interview questions investigated fathers' injury prevention attitudes and practices, and their beliefs regarding overprotection. Data analysis was guided by grounded theory methods. Fathers noted the subjective nature of overprotection, citing family, social and situational factors that shaped their views. Fathers viewed overprotective parents as experiencing excessive fears that were manifested in lack of willingness to risk physical or psychological injury. They described overprotective parenting as including over-involvement in and excessive restriction of children's activities; and expressed concerns that the results of these behaviours would be children lac...Continue Reading

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Dec 4, 2012·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health·Mariana BrussoniDavid A Sleet
Dec 24, 2014·Injury Prevention : Journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention·Mariana BrussoniDavid J Ball
Jun 18, 2016·Frontiers in Psychology·Claudio LongobardiMichele Settanni
Aug 10, 2017·Health Education & Behavior : the Official Publication of the Society for Public Health Education·Emily KroshusFrederick P Rivara

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