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04.09.24Call for unpublished data on overprotective parenting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