Helicopter parenting is quite common in our society these days. It goes by many names -- overparenting, death grip parenting, invasive parenting -- you get the idea. But the results are the same. Parents spend inordinate amounts of time feeling worried and anxious while they overanalyze and micromanage their children's development. Why?

I have with great interest watched the events in Wisconsin unfold over public sector unions, government responsibility, and the accompanying response by society. My interests have not been necessarily political, but cultural.

How does violence on television and in video games affect our children's behavior and what can we do to curb the affect it is having in society? We see the desensitizing of our children to violence every day.