The Double Standard of Parental Overreactions In recent weeks, two separate incidents made headlines in Slate's "Care and Feeding" column, highlighting a disturbing trend among some parents: an excessive and often irrational overreaction to perceived threats to their children's safety.
These episodes demonstrate a concerning lack of perspective and underscore the need for parents to communicate more effectively with each other.
The first incident involved a father who surprised his wife by hiring a babysitter to watch their two year old son while they went out on a date.