Whether a parent is overprotective is a difficult question to answer.
Who determines how much protection is necessary? The parents.
A particular parent may be more protective than my opinion he or she should be, but what does that matter?
A parent should be as protective as they feel it is appropriate.
Personally, my opinion (as worthless as it may be) is that parents would be a lot better off paying a little less attention to what other parents do or don't do.
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abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.
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