“It is sometimes said that parents in the last twenty or thirty years have begun to idolize their children as princes and princesses, raising narcissists that are at risk for mental health difficulties. Shouldn’t we go back to a more strict and authoritarian parenting model such as in the 50s?” In an interview with De Morgen, Bart Soenens (Ghent University) and Stijn Van Petegem (ULB) address the question of whether parents nowadays are more overprotective and permissive than ever, and whether it would be better to go back to authoritarian parenting. Read or download the article (only in Dutch).
- 01.04.23Third wave of SAFE-SORRY data gathering
- 13.02.23Le Temps: “The counterproductive fear of the teenager’s parent”
- 08.05.23Welcome to our visiting researchers!
- 24.03.23Conference: SRCD 2023
- 08.03.23Conference: ICPS 2023
- 13.02.23Welcome to our new research interns!
- 16.01.23Preliminary results: Flemish data collection
- 20.12.22Preliminary results of the spring 2022 data collection
- 01.12.22New publication: parental overprotection in the context of pediatric cancer
- 27.10.22Season 2 of SAFE-SORRY now available!
- 29.09.22CIVIS meeting in Aix-en-Provence
- 26.09.22Le Vif (article and podcast): “Overprotected children: those parents who do too much”
- 01.09.22Welcome, Julie (and congratulations, Cindy)!
- 22.08.22SAFE-SORRY goes to Ireland!
- 16.08.22To endure or to resist? Coping with overprotection
- 25.07.22De Morgen interview: “Should we go back to authoritarian parenting?”
- 18.07.22Internship opportunities
- 24.06.22We’re hiring!
- 22.06.22Conference presentation: Perceptions of a dangerous world and overprotection
- 02.06.22New publication : Short scale for measuring parental overprotection
- 01.06.22Conference presentations
- 01.06.22Pilot study: Preliminary results
- 19.04.22Launch of two new studies
- 16.03.22Weekend issue in La Libre : How to not be a perfect parent
- 10.03.22Call for Participants!
- 02.03.22SAFE SORRY goes international
- 23.02.22Little children, little problems; big children, big problems?
- 14.02.22Welcome to the new research interns
- 09.02.22Launch of POPAY study
- 06.01.22New FNRS grant
- 01.12.21Two new publications
- 01.12.21Our team is growing!
- 27.10.21Opening of new research centre
- 21.10.21Official launch of our first study
- 09.09.21Family Process: “Putting parental overprotection into a family systems context”
- 06.09.21“Advances in the transition for 16-23-year-olds”
- 29.07.21Chasing Childhood at Docville, Leuven
- 06.07.21Pilot study
- 04.12.20Interview with Daily Science : “La surprotection parentale, est-elle le produit des sociétés inégalitaires?”
- 19.07.20Article in Le Matin Dimanche : “Surprotéger son enfant lui nuit.”