At all times and in all cultures, the majority of adults become parents. The experience is so mundane that, for centuries,parenthood was considered deserving of little comment. However, several major sociological changes over the pastfew decades (including, but not limited to, the International Child Convention, 1989, and increased state regulation; Daly,2007) have profoundly changed parenting, leading to increased parental involvement, more intensive parenting, and child overprotection and optimization .