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44 U.C. Davis L. Rev. 1221 (2010-2011)
Over-Parenting

handle is hein.journals/davlr44 and id is 1231 raw text is: Over-Parenting Gaia Bernstein* and Zvi Triger** Today the child is king. Child rearing practices have changed significantly over the last two decades. Contemporary parents engage in Intensive Parenting. Parents devote their time to actively enriching the child, ensuring the child's individual needs are addressed and that he is able to reach his full potential. They also keep abreast of the newest child rearing knowledge and consistently monitor the child's progress and whereabouts. Parents are expected to be cultivating, informed, and monitoring. To satisfy these high standards, parents utilize a broad array of technological devices, such as the cellular phone and the Internet, making Intensive Parenting a socio-technological trend. Many legal doctrines aim at defining the scope of parental responsibilities; yet, courts, legislatures, and scholars alike have ignored this significant change in child rearing practices. Unattended, the law already plays an important role in enhancing the socio-technological trend of Intensive Parenting. In the area of custody disputes, legislatures and courts effectively enforce Intensive Parenting norms. Other recent legal developments, such as the constriction of the Parental Immunity Doctrine and recurring transformation of preferred child rearing practices into Professor of Law, Seton Hall University School of Law. Associate Professor of Law, The Haim Striks School of Law, The College of Management, Rishon Le Zion Israel. We are grateful for their insightful comments and suggestions to: Kerry Abrams, David Barnes, Naomi Cahn, June Carbone, Cary Cheifetz, Jennifer Collins, Robert Dreesen, Rachel Godsil, Maya Grosz, Laura Heymann, Tsachi Keren-Paz, Holning Lau, Solangel Maldonado, Tamar Morag, Shari Motro, Melissa Murray, Kim Pearson, Claudette St. Romain, Elizabeth Scott, Ed Stein, Elizabeth Vinhal, and Sarah Waldeck. We would also like to thank the participants at the Cardozo Family Law Workshop, the College of Management School of Law Faculty Seminar, the Emerging Family Law Scholars Conference, the Motherhood Conference at the University of Denver, the Seton Hall Faculty Retreat and the Seton Hall Brownbag. For excellent research assistance thanks go to Julianne Befeler, Kristin Makar, Kimia Musavi, Evan Rosenberg, and Peter Slocum. Finally, this Article was generously supported by the summer research stipend of the Seton Hall University School of Law and by the Young Scholars Encouragement Program at the College of Management School of Law. 1221

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