I Felt Like a Criminal: The Pressure to Become a Helicopter Parent

I Felt Like a Criminal: The Pressure to Become a Helicopter Parent

In 2011, Lilia Gonzalez* nearly lost her three young children. She considered herself a loving, attentive mother, but one day she made a seemingly harmless mistake that turned into a two-year battle to convince the state of Illinois that she hadn’t — and wouldn’t — maliciously neglect her children.