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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. "

    Feed Me, Baby, One More Time 2008

  • 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?

    When the kids are away at camp, parents plan to play 2010

  • 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

  • "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.

    'I Hate School' Extreme Edition 2010

  • 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

  • Overprotective, why? he asked without looking up from his plate.

    Going Too Far Jennifer Echols 2009

  • Overprotective parents not willing to trust their kids.

    Tracking Kids with Google Latitude | Sync Blog 2009

  • Overprotective Japanese moms and dads, worried about bullies and other schoolyard dangers, are now monitoring their kids with tiny electronic listening devices.

    Tapping Into The Kids 2008

  • Overprotective boomer parents invade their children's job interviews

    The Boomer Blog: FH BOOM DAILY DIGEST Archives 2006

  • Overprotective labour regimes could "protect a worker out of a job".

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2006

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