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After all, this girl (sorry, she's not a girl, not yet a woman) clearly entered into this restaurant thing with eyes wide open -- if her new song, "Overprotective," is any indication. "
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Overprotective control freaks who -- if they could bear to send their mini-me away to camp -- insisted that webcams be installed in every cabin and on every pine tree, so they could remotely monitor little Emily's lanyard making?
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I, the Overprotective Mother Extraordinaire, the bane of every medical or therapeutic person who came within three feet of my son, signed Bernadette on after our first interview.
Knowing Jesse Marianne Leone 2010
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"Overprotective parents rush in way too quickly to shield them from any experience that creates distress," says Karen Cassiday, a clinical psychologist and the owner of the Anxiety and Agoraphobia Treatment Center in Chicago, Ill. Untreated, a child with school-refusal behavior is likely to fall behind academically, which can then lead to more anxiety.
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I, the Overprotective Mother Extraordinaire, the bane of every medical or therapeutic person who came within three feet of my son, signed Bernadette on after our first interview.
Knowing Jesse Marianne Leone 2010
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Overprotective, why? he asked without looking up from his plate.
Going Too Far Jennifer Echols 2009
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Overprotective parents not willing to trust their kids.
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Overprotective Japanese moms and dads, worried about bullies and other schoolyard dangers, are now monitoring their kids with tiny electronic listening devices.
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Overprotective boomer parents invade their children's job interviews
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Overprotective labour regimes could "protect a worker out of a job".
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