Endnotes
1 Wikipedia, “Higher Education in the United States,” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higher_education_in_the_United_States (accessed June 12, 2015). Also see National Center for Education Statistics, “Fast Facts: Back to School Statistics” for more information.
2 Steve Crabtree, “Worldwide, 13% of Employees Are Engaged at Work,” Gallup press release, October 8, 2013.
3 Carolyn Gregoire, “Happiness Index: Only 1 in 3 Americans Are Very Happy, According to Harris Poll,” The Huffington Post, June 5, 2013.
4 Todd Kashdan, “The Problem with Happiness,” The Huffington Post, November 17, 2011.
5 Emily Esfahani Smith, “There’s More to Life Than Being Happy,” The Atlantic, January 9, 2013.
6 Ibid.
7 Lizze James, “Interview with Jim Morrison,” Creem Magazine, 1981.
8 Richard Weissbourd, The Parents We Mean to Be: How Well-Intentioned Adults Undermine Children’s Moral and Emotional Development. Orlando: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009.
9 Wikipedia, “Race to Nowhere,”https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_to_Nowhere#cite_ref-Catsoulis_2-0 (accessed July 30, 2015).
10 Steve Baskin, “The Gift of Failure,” Psychology Today, December 31, 2011.
11 Matt Richtel, “Push, Don’t Crush, the Students,” The New York Times, April 24, 2015.
12 Self-determination Theory web site http://www.selfdeterminationtheory.org/theory/ (accessed August 6, 2015).
13 “What Will Matter,” by Michael Josephson http://whatwillmatter.com/2012/03/quotes-the-best-wise-and-witty-quotes-about-children-and-parenting/ (accessed August 1, 2015).
14 Hara Estroff Marano, “Helicopter Parenting-It’s Worse Than You Think,” Psychology Today, January 31, 2014.
15 Julie Lythcott-Haims, “Kids of Helicopter Parents Are Sputtering Out,” Slate, July 5, 2015.
16 Frank Bruni, “Today’s Exhausted Superkids,” The New York Times, July 29, 2015.
17 American College Health Association National College Health Assessment, http://www.acha-ncha.org/docs/ACHA-NCHA-II_UNDERGRAD_ReferenceGroup_ExecutiveSummary_Spring2013.pdf
18 American Psychological Association, “College Students’ Mental Health Is a Growing Concern, Survey Finds,” June 2013.
19 Katherine M. Keyes, et al., “The Great Sleep Recessions: Changes in Sleep Duration Among US Adolescents, 1991-2012,” Journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics, March 1, 2013.
20 Multi-Service Eating Disorders Association web site, http://www.medainc.org/ (accessed July 14, 2015).
21 Benjamin Mueller, “Parents Now Get Themselves Involved in Graduate Admissions, Too,” The Chronicle of Higher Education, January 27, 2014.
22 Ibid.
23 Kari Gude, “College Students and Their Helicopter Parents: A Recipe for Stress,” Huffington Post, January 8, 2014.
24 Steve Baskin, “The Gift of Failure,” Psychology Today, December 31, 2011.
25 Bonnie Rochman, “Hover No More: Helicopter Parents May Breed Depression and Incompetence in Their Children,” Time, February 22, 2013.
26 Julie Scelfo, “Suicide on Campus and the Pressure of Perfection,” The New York Times, July 27, 2015.
27 Amy Joyce, “How Helicopter Parents Are Ruining College Students,” Washington Post, September 2, 2014.
28 Robert J. Sternberg and Jennifer Jordan, editors, A Handbook of Wisdom: Psychological Perspectives, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England, 2005.
29 Phillip Hodson, “My Message to the Parents Who Can’t Let Their Children Go: Grow Up,” The Guardian, August 5, 2012.
30 Joseph D. Putti, Searching for Inspiration? Perspectives on Personal, Family and Community Development, Trafford Publishing, Bloomington, Indiana, 2013.
31 “How Many ‘Selves’ Do We Have?” Being Human web site (accessed July 2, 2015).
32 Kelly Wallace, “Longing for the Carefree Parenting Style of Yesterday?,” CNN News, August 25, 2014.
33 Ibid.
34 Jon Dalton and Pamela Crosby, “Challenging College Students to Learn in Campus Cultures of Comfort, Convenience and Complacency,” Journal of College and Character, February 1, 2008.
35 Ibid.
36 Kari Kubiszyn Kampakis, “10 Common Mistakes Parents Today Make,” Huffington Post, March 3, 1024.
37 Ibid.
38 Jon Dalton and Pamela Crosby, “Challenging College Students to Learn in Campus Cultures of Comfort, Convenience and Complacency,” 2008.
39 Bonita Mersiades, “Parents Demanding Perfection Are Helping No-one,” Motherpedia, March 11, 2013.
40 Hara Estroff Marano, “Pitfalls of Perfectionism,” Psychology Today, March 1, 2008.
41 Brian Johnson, “The Guiding Star of Perfection,” www.entheos.com (accessed August 3, 2015).
42 Zack Budryk, “More Than a Major,” Insider Higher Ed, April 10, 2013.
43 Meghan Casserly, “Top Five Personality Traits Employers Hire Most,” Forbes, October 4, 2012.
44 Gail McMeekin, “Don’t Start a Job Hunt Until You Read This,” Huffington Post College Blog, May 15, 2013.
45 Melissa Korn and Leslie Kwoh, “No Such Thing As Job Security,” Wall Street Journal, September 14, 2012.
46 Philip Tetlock and Dan Gardner, “Why Most Predictions Are So Bad,” Forbes, March 17, 2011.
47 Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, “Does Money Really Affect Motivation? A Review of the Research,” Harvard Business Review, April 10, 2013.
48 Karl Gude, “College Students and Their Helicopter Parents: A Recipe for Stress, The Huffington Post, April 8, 2014.
49 Ralph Waldo Emerson, Essays and Lectures, “Self-Reliance” essay first published in 1841.
50 “Many Students Select a College Major That Doesn’t Fit Their Interests Well,” ACT Press Release, November 11, 2013.