Articles written by Shira Lankin Sheps

Shira Lankin Sheps|Dec 6, 2019

Back when I lived in America, I wouldn’t have called myself a helicopter parent. I would have said that I was vigilant. I would have told you that my husband and I were “boundaried” as parents, cautious about what we’d let our two kids do. We limited sugar and screen time. We admonished our kids to “Be careful!”—probably too often. Then we moved to Israel a year ago and everything changed. Since moving, I’ve come to realize that our old parenting style came with a lot of anxiety. We fel...