Personal Narrative: Helicopter Parenting

It’s true that different parents have distinct parenting styles. Each child must be disparate from another due to cultural background and upbringing. Three major parenting styles that have been around are tiger, helicopter, and free range parenting. In tiger parenting, parents are strict, while in free range it is just the opposite, parents let loose and let their children be who they are and allow them to take risks. The article “I am a helicopter parent, and I don’t apologize” by Elizabeth Fairfield Strokes is an epitome of helicopter parenting and what goes on in a mind of helicopter parent. Helicopter parenting refers to "a style of parents who are over focused on their children," says Carolyn Daitch, Ph.D., director of the Center for the Treatment of Anxiety Disorders near Detroit and author of Anxiety Disorders: The Go-To Guide. "They typically take too much responsibility

“Helicopter Parenting College Students”, Schiffrin Holly H and colleagues argue that “when parents solve problems for their children, then children may not develop the confidence and competence to solve their own problems” (Holly H et al .554). Holly H claims that if parents keep managing their childrens’ lives, they will be unable to manage their lives on their own. In short, helicopter parenting is causing children to be fearful of independence.

My friends, that were the same age and had the same interests as me had to make our own fun, this involved a lot of making shelters or cabins in the small wooded areas around town, hunting and fishing. As the years went on and we got older our parents gave us more freedom because they could trust us in this small town, the kind of trust that you couldn't give the average 10 year old in a big city. When I finally got to middle school I got a summer job working at a local farm in town, this gave me a big responsibility and work ethic thats followed me through my high school years and hopefully continue for the rest of my

My parents implemented high-control parenting in that they had a lot of control on if I did or did not do something. They did not push me out of my comfort zone in safe ways. They controlled so much because they wanted me to be safe and never make any “big mistakes” that I never really got involved in anything that was outside of a church activity or a sports team which one of my parents were always there to supervise. I eventually felt that there was no need to try new things because they were always there to judge or wanting me to

I personally never lived in a house of helicopter parents. I feel as if my parents felt as if they raised me correctly, and never had a fear of me making a wrong decision. As soon as I hit my teenage years my parents really started to pull back on control and let me have more and more free range to do what I wanted. They trusted me to do the right thing. Throughout high school I didn’t have a curfew or a bed time. My parents knew I would make it home at a decent time and that I wanted to sleep more then anything. So overall my high school years were pretty free over my parent’s shadow, and because of that I excelled in popularity, academics, and physical health. But, at the same time I

There is a very big issue among most colleges throughout the world, but more specifically right here at John Brown University. Over parenting, often referred to as “helicopter parenting”, seems to be spreading wildly and effecting how students react specifically to their first year of college. Parents that don’t allow their kids to develop their own sense of self-reliance and handling task at home, create John Brow University freshmen that are unprepared for daily college life and the workforce. The first year away from home can truly make or break a person. Parents are no longer around to pacify problems that arise and responsibilities are stacked heavily upon the first year students. This is a pressing issue to not only the college, but also

How does a person grow up to be who they are? Most people say it is determined by the way their parents raise them. The parents that hover close and the parents that give their children space will have children with complete opposite characteristics. Parents that hover close are referred to as “Helicopter Parents,” and children that are given a lot of space are called “Free- Range Kids” (Rutherford). Although these styles of parenting are vastly different, both kinds of parents are trying to do what is best for their child. Of the two parenting types, helicopter parenting is looked at as a worse method for parenting. There are more negative aspects of it then there are positive. Not only do helicopter parents

First and foremost, Haydn Shaw engages the reader by presenting some extreme cases of helicopter parenting and stating that he isn’t a fan of this parenting style. However, he then goes on to tell us that being an involved and engaged parent isn’t a negative thing and gives a further explanation as to why he believes this. Alone the fact that he starts of by stating: “I’m not a fan of helicopter parents”, can make readers with the same attitude identify with him, which will make it easier for him to persuade them with his logic later and eventually change their opinion.

Helicopter parents is a term used to describe parents who are overprotective and over involved in their children's lives. Most recently it has been applied to baby boomer parents who can't seem to let go as their teenagers graduate from high school, leave for college, and even enter the working world. The availability of cell phones and social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter has contributed to the phenomenon, since it is easier for parents to stay in almost constant touch with their offspring. Psychologists and educators worry that this amount of parental involvement will prevent young adults from developing their own decision-making skills and keep them dependent on their parents when they should be experiencing a sense of autonomy.

Highschool students believe that once they go to college that everything will be different and change, no one is sure why mental illness is increasing in college, medicine and technology to help cope with it. Research shows that 288 students have relapsed after six years of treatment. Most think it is because it is living away from home and having to make new friends.

Helicopter parents are often judged for being too clingy and smothering with their kids. This type of parenting is when a mother or a father does the tasks that a child is capable of doing on their own. For instance, my sister still

Anyone thinking about having children has obviously thought about how they wanted to raise their child. From letting them have fun with no restrictions, to having every restriction possible, we have seen it all. Remember in the horror movie Carrie by Kimberly Pierce, where the girl is helicoptered by her mother and ends up terrorizing the people who angered her? Or most of the movies from the 80’s and 90’s where the kids were raised by free range parents. Personally, my argument is that helicopter parenting can be a bit much and that if you are afraid of being a Blackhawk helicopter parent, just stick to free range parenting.

Since these care givers are the first people that a child interacts with, and are often the primary interaction for a child until the beginning of school, they are inherently the sole role model for a child. Children often collect the same mannerisms, behavioral complexes, and may even vote in the same way that their initial care givers have voted. By this logic, if a child grows up in a household with the aforementioned “helicopter parents,” they are likely to treat their offspring in the same manner, even if they are aware of the damage it may have caused them, because subconsciously they do not know how else to treat a child.

The category of parents who are helicopter parents are mainly those who were born in the Baby Boomers generation and are overparenting some of the X generation and mostly the Millennials. The reason for this being is that just as the

Most parents take an interest in their child’s life from birth until they become an adult by picking and choosing what is best for them as much as they possibly can. Parents want to help their children to be as perfect as they can make them. Typically hovering parents spend a lot of money, time, and effort filling schedules things like with dance classes, baseball, and tutoring in order to have a ‘perfect’ child. As well as coming to their aid when they are in need, or their defense when they are in trouble. Help in making important, life changing decisions, like where to go to college at, or which career to pursue. When does helping become hovering? The generation of “Helicopter Parents” is becoming more and more prevalent in families. A