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Charlie Elizabeth Culverhouse

"I text mum 5 times a day" - new survey calls it 'endless parenting' but is it bad?

Mum and daughter talking on the phone.

According to research, we've entered the age of 'endless parenting,' where children are relying on their parents for support for longer - but is it really a bad thing? We asked the experts. 

Parents have long wanted to raise resilient children, children who know how to be independent and go into the world without fear. But no matter how resilient or independent a child grows up to be, it appears that they'll never not need their parents or not want to be in near constant contact with them. 

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