Summary: When it comes to her three free-spirited daughters, Daphne is just your normal over-protective, overbearing, over-the-top mother. Worried that her youngest daughter, Millie, will end up alone, Daphne meddles in her daughter's love life until she ends up doing all wrong things for all the right reasons - and all in the name of motherly love.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2007

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Lythcott-Haims, Julie.

Summary: "Across a decade as Stanford University's Dean of Freshmen, Lythcott-Haims noticed a startling rise in parental involvement in students' lives. Every year, more parents were exerting control over students' academic work, extracurriculars, and career choices, often taking matters into their own hands rather than risk their child's failure or disappointment. Meanwhile, Lythcott-Haims encountered...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Co. 2015

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Lahey, Jessica

Summary: Counsels parents of school-aged children on how to overcome tendencies toward overprotectiveness to allow children to develop independence. --Publisher's description.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2015

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Thompson, Michael

Summary: Helps parents sort out the best time to send kids away from home to summer camp, arguing that short stints away from parents at the right times can contribute positively to children's upbringing.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books Trade Paperbacks 2012

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Summary: Jack lives on the site of his abandoned island commune with his 16-year-old daughter Rose. Since the breakup of the commune, Jack has sheltered Rose completely from the influences of the outside world.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Metro Goldwyn Mayer Home Entertainment 2005

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