Parents Quiz: Slacker, Positive or Paranoid Helicopter?

Every day parents are bombarded with news stories about horrific things that have happened or might happen to children. With all this worrisome news, it's hard not to become a Paranoid Parent.

Some parents think that excessive worrying is the mark of good parenting. In reality excessive worry can cause children to become stressed themselves, and incapable of managing normal, everyday challenges. Have you become a Paranoid Parent who is ruled by fear and consumed with worries? Take the Paranoid Parents Quiz to find out.

1. What is your age?
Under 18 Years Old
18 to 24 Years Old
25 to 30 Years Old
31 to 40 Years Old
41 to 50 Years Old
51 to 60 Years Old
Over 60 Years Old
2. What is your gender?
Male
Female
3. When taking your baby for a walk, do you...
...let your toddler push the new baby.
...double-check the parking brake at every stop.
...use a stroller leash, tying the stroller to you.
4. What is your philosophy about having pets and babies in the same household?
You gave away the pet before the baby came home for fear of allergies and violence.
You leave the new baby on the floor with the dog while you go to the bathroom.
You went in to see your dog first before bringing the baby into the house.
5. How do your children get to and from school?
Your child takes the bus or walks.
You always drive; it’s safer.
Your child has permission to go to the mini-mall with friends on the way home from school.
6. How do you feel about using technology to track the whereabouts of your child?
You activated the GPS tracker on your child’s phone, but told them you were doing it.
Your child doesn’t have a curfew.
You would microchip your child if you could.
7. What safety measures do you take when children are riding in the car with you?
Seatbelts and car seats always.
You let your kids do Chinese fire drills at stop lights; you did it and it was fun.
In bad weather, you put your kids in seatbelts, car seats and helmets. (After all, race car drivers wear helmets.)
8. How worried are you about your child's health?
You have been on WebMD at 2am more than once.
You have called your pediatrician at 2 am.
You are asleep at 2 am.
9. What measures to you take to prevent accidental poisoning?
You call Poison Control more than once a week.
You know the phone number for Poison Control and you watch your toddler constantly.
You have everything locked up from cleaner to shampoo to crayons.
10. How often do you and your spouse take a weekend getaway from your kids?
A babysitter is the best thing you can do for yourself and your children.
You have date night weekly and the occasional weekend away.
You two have never left the kids for a weekend away.
11. Which best describes your attitude about worrying about your children?
You wouldn’t call yourself a paranoid parent, but you worry that you worry too much.
It’s a parents job to worry about everything.
You know what to worry about so you don’t worry much.
12. What is your opinion about the dangers for children in the world today?
Seatbelts, vaccines, sports safety equipment along with a less crime, fewer murders, kidnappings and robberies, make today’s world safer than ours when we were kids.
We never wore seatbelts or helmets and we turned out okay so my kids don’t need those.
We live in a particularly fearful world.

1. What is your age?

Under 18 Years Old

18 to 24 Years Old

25 to 30 Years Old

31 to 40 Years Old

41 to 50 Years Old

51 to 60 Years Old

Over 60 Years Old

2. What is your gender?

Male

Female

3. When taking your baby for a walk, do you...

...let your toddler push the new baby.

...double-check the parking brake at every stop.

...use a stroller leash, tying the stroller to you.

4. What is your philosophy about having pets and babies in the same household?

You gave away the pet before the baby came home for fear of allergies and violence.

You leave the new baby on the floor with the dog while you go to the bathroom.

You went in to see your dog first before bringing the baby into the house.

5. How do your children get to and from school?

Your child takes the bus or walks.

You always drive; it’s safer.

Your child has permission to go to the mini-mall with friends on the way home from school.

6. How do you feel about using technology to track the whereabouts of your child?

You activated the GPS tracker on your child’s phone, but told them you were doing it.

Your child doesn’t have a curfew.

You would microchip your child if you could.

7. What safety measures do you take when children are riding in the car with you?

Seatbelts and car seats always.

You let your kids do Chinese fire drills at stop lights; you did it and it was fun.

In bad weather, you put your kids in seatbelts, car seats and helmets. (After all, race car drivers wear helmets.)

8. How worried are you about your child's health?

You have been on WebMD at 2am more than once.

You have called your pediatrician at 2 am.

You are asleep at 2 am.

9. What measures to you take to prevent accidental poisoning?

You call Poison Control more than once a week.

You know the phone number for Poison Control and you watch your toddler constantly.

You have everything locked up from cleaner to shampoo to crayons.

10. How often do you and your spouse take a weekend getaway from your kids?

A babysitter is the best thing you can do for yourself and your children.

You have date night weekly and the occasional weekend away.

You two have never left the kids for a weekend away.

11. Which best describes your attitude about worrying about your children?

You wouldn’t call yourself a paranoid parent, but you worry that you worry too much.

It’s a parents job to worry about everything.

You know what to worry about so you don’t worry much.

12. What is your opinion about the dangers for children in the world today?

Seatbelts, vaccines, sports safety equipment along with a less crime, fewer murders, kidnappings and robberies, make today’s world safer than ours when we were kids.

We never wore seatbelts or helmets and we turned out okay so my kids don’t need those.

We live in a particularly fearful world.

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