Underprotective Parenting

Is being an underprotective parenting a thing?

Is letting my child do his thing with maximum independence okay as long as I can't concentrate on anything else until it's time to pick him up and am relieved when he responds to my text because that means he's alive?

Okay, thanks, bye.

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