Have you ever felt your stomach tighten when your baby falls and hits her head? Have you raced in to
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you ever felt your stomach tighten when your baby falls and hits her
head? Have you raced in to comfort when your toddler cries over a toy?
You may be a <a href="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/archive/2007/01/14/helicopter-parents-need-to-chill.aspx">helicopter parent</a>,
or you just be a normal and semi-worried like everyone else.&nbsp; Either
way, the empathic connection between parents and their children is
supported by <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/parenting/02/19/child.trauma.reut/index.html?section=cnn_latest">recent findings</a>
that indicate parents of children who experience trauma can themselves
face serious associated health impacts such as hypertension and
stress-related illnesses.
