In the past few years there’s been a backlash to helicopter parenting that advocates treating children like adults. Celebs like Penelope Cruz and Tobey Maguire have embraced Resources for Infant Educarers or RIE parenting. Former White House Press Secretary, Dee Dee Myers gives this endorsement, “I think RIE should be a national program so that parents all over the country can have the opportunity that my family had.”
