SAFESORRY is a research project funded by the European Research Council that seeks to understand parenting in a changing social world.

With a diverse team of researchers, we aim to better comprehend how the societal, cultural, economic and historical context shapes the way parents educate their children. On this website, you can read a summary of some of our main results and download publications, or you can subscribe for our newsletter if you wish to remain informed. If you have questions, feel free to contact us. Vous pouvez lire ce site-web en français aussi.

  • interview, media 04.01.25De Standaard: “parents who think the world is dangerous tend to overprotect”
  • team 04.02.25The new interns have arrived!
  • media 30.01.25NRC: “Let your child fall too”
  • interview, media 25.01.25Het Parool: “Why parents are afraid to take risks”
  • scientific publication 22.01.25New publication: Parental representations and regulations of adolescent sexting
  • scientific publication 07.01.25New publication: intensive parenting among mothers and fathers
  • scientific publication 19.12.24New publication: “Love, money and involved parenting?”
  • conference presentations 11.12.24ASPO conference 2024 (Groningen, Netherlands)
  • conference presentations 28.11.24VNOP Research Days 2024 (Utrecht, Netherlands)
  • preregistration, research 21.11.24Preregistration: gender inequality and parenting
  • research visit 11.11.24research visit Amsterdam
  • scientific publication 08.11.24New publication: pressure to be a perfect parent
  • preregistration, research 21.10.24Preregistration: experimental study on adolescent sexting
  • scientific publication 21.10.24New publication: Group-based vs. individual parenting programs
  • media 22.09.24Algemeen Dagblad (AD) on mobile phones and “helicopter parents”
  • team 16.09.24Welcoming our new research interns!
  • research visit, team 10.09.24Welcoming back Gaëlle Venard!
  • media 07.09.24Volkskrant: “Becoming an adult requires young people to make mistakes independently”
  • research 04.09.24Call for unpublished data on overprotective parenting
  • conference presentations 02.09.24ESA conference 2024 (Porto, Portugal)
  • research visitor, team 30.08.24Visit from Ghent
  • scientific publication 10.08.24New publication: helicopter parenting vs. overprotective parenting
  • conference presentations 05.07.24IARR conference 2024 (Boston, USA)
  • media, podcast 17.06.24Podcast: Eco-Emois
  • conference presentation 05.06.24Keynote at the Polish Conference on Developmental Psychology
  • conference presentations 29.05.24BAPS conference 2024 (Brussels, Belgium)
  • team, vacancy 28.05.24job opening: postdoctoral fellowship
  • research, team 01.04.24New project on eco-anxiety
  • scientific publication 23.03.24New publication: overprotective parenting & identity development
  • scientific publication 05.03.24New publication: gender equality practices and parenting
  • presentation 19.02.24Women in Science day 2024
  • team 01.02.24Welcoming three new research interns!
  • research, results 24.01.24Exploring contemporary parenting: Insights from Italy
  • pop-up meeting, presentation 26.11.23Pop-up meeting: “Growing up and growing out?”
  • presentation 17.11.23Have we entered the era of intensive parenting?
  • conference, presentation 15.11.23VNOP Research Days (Utrecht, Netherlands)
  • research visit, team 20.10.23A Swiss visitor!
  • research visit, team 09.10.23Samarbete med Sverige: Research visit in Sweden
  • team 05.10.23Welcoming our newest team members and visitors!
  • research 28.09.23The 4th SAFE-SORRY questionnaire has arrived!
  • conference presentations 29.08.23Conference: ECDP 2023 (Turku, Finland)
  • media 17.07.23De Morgen: “should parents be stricter in their parenting?”
  • conference presentation 05.07.23Conference: ISPA 2023 (Bologna, Italy)
  • conference presentations 28.06.23Conference: EASP 2023 (Krakow, Poland)
  • students 19.06.23Master thesis defenses: some preliminary insights
  • research visitor, team 19.06.23A visitor from Georgia!
  • conference presentations 13.06.23Conference: ESFR 2023 (Roskilde, Denmark)
  • team 08.05.23Welcome to our visiting researchers!
  • scientific publication 06.05.23New publication: Overprotective parenting and social anxiety symptoms
  • research 01.04.23Third wave of SAFE-SORRY data gathering
  • conference presentation 24.03.23Conference: SRCD 2023 (Saltlake City, USA)
  • conference presentations 08.03.23Conference: ICPS 2023 (Brussels, Belgium)
  • media, publication 13.02.23Le Temps: “The counterproductive fear of the teenager’s parent”
  • team 13.02.23Welcome to our new research interns!
  • results 16.01.23Preliminary results: Flemish data collection
  • results 20.12.22Preliminary results of the spring 2022 data collection
  • scientific publication 01.12.22New publication: parental overprotection in the context of pediatric cancer
  • research 27.10.22Season 2 of SAFE-SORRY now available!
  • research visit, team 29.09.22CIVIS meeting in Aix-en-Provence
  • media, publication 26.09.22Le Vif (article and podcast): “Overprotected children: those parents who do too much”
  • team 01.09.22Welcome, Julie (and congratulations, Cindy)!
  • conference presentation, results 22.08.22SAFE-SORRY goes to Ireland!
  • scientific publication 16.08.22To endure or to resist? Coping with overprotection
  • media, publications 25.07.22De Morgen interview: “Should we go back to authoritarian parenting?”
  • team 18.07.22Internship opportunities
  • team 24.06.22We’re hiring!
  • conference presentation, results 22.06.22Conference presentation: Perceptions of a dangerous world and overprotection
  • scientific publication 02.06.22New publication : Short scale for measuring parental overprotection
  • conference presentation, results 01.06.22Conference presentations
  • results 01.06.22Pilot study: Preliminary results
  • research 19.04.22Launch of two new studies
  • media, publications 16.03.22Weekend issue in La Libre : How to not be a perfect parent
  • recruitment, research 10.03.22Call for Participants!
  • project, team 02.03.22SAFE SORRY goes international
  • publications 23.02.22Little children, little problems; big children, big problems?
  • team 14.02.22Welcome to the new research interns
  • research 09.02.22Launch of POPAY study
  • team 06.01.22New FNRS grant
  • article, publication 01.12.21Two new publications
  • team 01.12.21Our team is growing!
  • research center 27.10.21Opening of new research centre
  • research 21.10.21Official launch of our first study
  • article, publication 09.09.21Family Process: “Putting parental overprotection into a family systems context”
  • conference, presentation, publication 06.09.21“Advances in the transition for 16-23-year-olds”
  • media, publication 29.07.21Chasing Childhood at Docville, Leuven
  • result 06.07.21Pilot study
  • media, publication 04.12.20Interview with Daily Science : “La surprotection parentale, est-elle le produit des sociétés inégalitaires?”
  • media, publication 19.07.20Article in Le Matin Dimanche : “Surprotéger son enfant lui nuit.”
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