Am I Over-Parenting?

Available for over a year

What’s happened to modern-day parenting? There was a time when babies were left to nap at the bottom of the garden in a cot – now we have baby monitors to check on their every move. The pressure to get it ‘right’ and to eradicate risk is greater than ever. Over just a couple of generations, parents have greatly increased the amount of time, attention and money they put into raising children. Anjula Mutanda speaks to Naomi, a mother of two who fears she has fallen into the over-parenting trap. Mutanda brings together a series of experts from anthropologists to child psychologists and economists to explore the relentlessness of modern parenting and provide Naomi with some answers. Producer: Sarah Shebbeare