tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11488416.post8348381287770406597..comments2023-10-23T18:40:13.347-04:00Comments on CLASS BIAS AND RANDOM THINGS LAW REVIEW: Over Parented (or is it Parenting) Law ProfessorsJeffrey Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11647017160134065739noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11488416.post-85106132570557571802009-02-10T21:11:00.000-05:002009-02-10T21:11:00.000-05:00I can't speak for law, but part of this may be unc...I can't speak for law, but part of this may be unconscious (or conscious) compensation for today's far higher demands of research productivity toward tenure than existed when most of the "parents" earned their tenure.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11488416.post-84064292468661741322008-12-06T11:46:00.000-05:002008-12-06T11:46:00.000-05:00Tamar: Thanks for your comment. I think in law sch...Tamar: Thanks for your comment. I think in law schools the impetus is from the "parents" but the anxiety is about being viewed as "insensitive," or "uncollegial." It is far less about the welfare of the children or about the welfare of the department. Far more about the social position with respect to other people you are likely to spend your working life with. <BR/><BR/>If I could switch it to conventional parenting, it would be comparable to avoiding the charge that one has not been a loving or caring parent.Jeffrey Harrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11647017160134065739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11488416.post-16735701668277574582008-12-06T11:27:00.000-05:002008-12-06T11:27:00.000-05:00This is the first I've seen overparenting applied ...This is the first I've seen overparenting applied to a different context. In the original form, what spawns the overparenting is not just wanting to protect kids from failure or disappointment, but the parent's own anxiety about the future and needing to have guarantees (via their kids too). <BR/><BR/>So is there anxiety that somehow the departments are at risk and therefore the overparenting to secure the future?<BR/><BR/>As a psychologist specializing in anxiety disorders, I write about these issues in several of my books. My goal is to help parents allay their own anxiety by nurturing resilience in their kids to handle situations rather than to bubble wrap or handle the situations for them. Perhaps tenured professors could find that middle ground too--<BR/><BR/>Tamar Chansky<BR/>www.freeingyourchild.comTamar Chanskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12496705870633406201noreply@blogger.com