Helicopter Parents
Is it right to call the parents of high school students helicopter parents given today's complex world?
Well personally i believe parents like that really need to let their kids go and do things on their own. Its really annoying to have parents watching and trying to help with everything we do and calling them just gets them more involved and then you really cant shake them off you. However, when it does come to things like college i wont mind if my parents help because they went through college so they probably know way more than i do on that scenario.
Matt, high school junior.
What do you think?
posted by Student View at
1:20 PM
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I just finished my junior year in high school and for the most part I have to do everything on my own; however, I do not mind. I would like to share of my encounters with the numerous helicopter parents in my hometown. The soon to be validictorian is signed out by his mother every time there are tests, another handful of parents bring the administrators and principals breakfast and lunch, and on top of this numerous parents write essays, and complete projects for their children. Today, parents for the most part state "not my kid," because they are too concerned about becoming close knit friends with their children, rather than being role models. These parents hover way too much over their children and take away responsibilities that us as young adults should posess. What is going to happen when these children go to college? I'll tell you what; a former top ten student from my town could not take the pressure of having to do work on her own at college, now she's home out of college and her parents cater to her. These parents utterly foster immaturity, follower characteristics, and dependence traits.
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