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The purpose of this study is to find out how overparenting appears in young adults´ student life and how overparenting affects on young adults´ success in studying. Previous studies have showed that parental involvement has a positive effect on child´s development. However, there is a growing evidence that there is a type of intensive parenting which has a negative effect on child´s transformation from child to independent adult. This type of phenomena is often referred to overparenting or helicopter parenting. Studies have shown that overparenting has a negative effect on child´s motivation and well-being. I carried out my research as a systematic literature review. I chose this method because I wanted to have a narrow academic-related picture of my subject. Scientific articles of my literature review needed to fulfill the criteria that I defined for quality. The content was analyzed by a qualitaive content analysis. Based on my literature review, overparenting appears to emerge as a high level of parental involvement in adult child´s life. Parents role as a guidance and knownledge of is being emphasized from parent-child relationship. In addition, helicopter parents were constantly trying to solve their adult child´s problems. Therefore a young adult cannot develope skills that are important in problem solving and independent thinking. These skills are crucial for succeeding in academic studies. There was also evidence that helicopter parenting had a negative effect on child´s self-efficacy.