Mary Leakey 100th Birthday: A Son On Her Adventuresome Parenting

What Helicopter Parents Can Learn From This Woman

Today’s helicopter parents might want to explore the parenting techniques of famed paleoanthropologist Mary Leakey, whose birth 100 years ago is celebrated today. Instead of hovering over or reining -- in her three sons, Ms. Leakey handed them responsibilities early in life and brought them out on dig sites from infancy.

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