There are, more and more of THESE these days now, and I wonder W-H-Y…from the Front Page Sections, translated…
As school starts, there are, the sightings of, many “helicopter parents”.
“Helicopter parents” is a term, ascribed to parents who involved themselves into their children’s lives too much, and those parents who are, anxiety-stricken, the parents who’d “focused on the grades too much, and not enough on living”. They resembled that of helicopters, circling overhead their own young, watching over their children’s moves every second of every single day.
he’s, a GROWN man for crying out loud!!! Comic from online…
What made these “helicopter parents” are the reduction in birthrate, and the reforms in education, plus the children held the expectations of “perfect children”, all of these “helicopter parents” looked after their young too well, cared about everything in their lives, down to the specific details. We can examine the behaviors, to understand the “symptoms” of these, helicopter parents:
First, the parents wanted their children’s instructors to look out for their young more.
Second, the parents would head to school often, enjoyed discussing the children with their instructors.
Third, the parents believed that they’d, “given their young the best”.
Fourth, the kids would often call up mom or dad, became “mama’s boys” or “living off of dad”.
Fifth, the parents, followed the rules of not wanting their young to start off late, had set up the kids’ lives so full.
Sixth, the meaning of success is in going to a good university, making a lot of money, and thus, they’d, cared a lot about the grades their offspring made in school.
Seventh, the parents took their children’s performances as their own success and decided on their children’s futures FOR them.
The helicopter parents refused to let go of their young, are everywhere their children are, cared about everything in their children’s lives, and would run to the schools every chance they get, these parents hoped, that their offspring can excel in the areas of their expertise, and in the end, due to their hovering over their young in life, their children generally became professional geniuses, BUT idiots in life.
here’s, another, “specimen”…found online…
Actually, it’s ordinary, that parents would, care for their young, but the parents need to let go too, so their children can grow on their own. While the children are still growing, they’d needed to give them the time and the space, so the children can learn to manage themselves, and can decide on their own, instead of relying on the parents for everything in their lives. And so, in order to NOT become helicopter parents, you need to:
- Never Check up on Your Child with the Cell Phones
- Never Take Care of the Children’s Daily Living Needs
- NEVER decide on what your children should do for their futures
As parents, you will definitely go through a period of “helicopter” time, but, will you, keep on being, “helicopters”, circling around your own children all the time?
So, finding that balance, knowing WHEN to let go, is the important thing we must learn, as parents today, because, children are their own, they have their own minds, they’re not clones of you and me, and these helicopter parents have the goodwill of not wanting their children to lag behind, that is why, they’re, so involved in their children’s schoolwork, without knowing, hey, it’s time, that we backed off, and let our kid fly on her/his own, see how far and high s/he can go, without us around her/him!
Life, the Obstacle Course 