Persuasive Essay About Helicopter Parenting

If people posting something online, it won’t be secrets anymore; not only your parents can read them, but also other strangers can read them, too. For teenagers, in order to against with parents, they will discover other ways to use the Internet. For instance, children may use some watchwords to talk. In addition, once teenagers notice that there is a spyware on the computer, they won’t trust their parents anymore. Once the trust between children and parents disappear, everything will become tough.

A college freshman walks into her dorm room and collapses onto the bottom bunk. One would assume that since it is her first week being on campus she is tired and overwhelmed from all of the freshman activities, but in reality it is her parents who are exhausting her. Her parents got a hotel room for move in day, and they haven’t left her alone since. Multiple research sources suggest that levels of parental involvement have been rising over the past decade, and according to Cline and Fay (1990) this high level of parental involvement is now commonly known as “helicopter parenting” (qtd. in Weinstein). These helicopter parents have definitely “grabbed the attention of scholars, media, and academic institutions” (Odenweller, Booth-Butterfield,

In the article Let Kids Run Online written by Danah Boyd, Boyd questions whether parents monitoring their children's online social life is a good or a bad thing. Many parents can agree that monitoring their phones and computers is actually a good thing. It can keep children out from harm’s way, it would be easier for parents to find things out that their kids don’t feel comfortable to actually say out loud, and it could possibly bring them closer together by having them be so close.

Stereotypical parents are known to be overprotective towards their younglings. All parents are concerned about their teens, yet some parents tend to go overboard. Parents need to learn when to monitor and when it is too much. In the article “The Undercover Parent” (2008), Harlan Coben proposes that parents should use spyware to supervise their teens. Coben argues that parents should supervise their teens because adolescents are secretive when it comes to having their own privacy, which makes parents oblivious toward their actions. However, at the same time parents should consider to keep their teens aware of their surveilling. Ellen Goodman’s article “Big Brother Meets Big Mother” (2007) on the other hand, criticizes that parents who monitor

In this essay, Coben is telling parents to put spyware on their children's computers so that they can monitor their child's use of online sites. He says that parents should be able to know what is going on in their children's lives, and that bad situations can be avoided by monitoring what children are doing online. First of all, Parents should trust their kids if they’re old enough. Coben says, “ If he’s old enough to go on the internet, he is old enough to know the dangers” (paragraph 6) . As a teen I know how to keep myself safe and i know most apparent hazards. I’m not saying i know every single thing but i know not to fall for obvious scams and schemes. For all the other teens, yes, they do know right from wrong. The only problem is they still take irresponsible choices.

Carolyn Hax's seems to be a very experienced adult that understands how it feels to have your Internet activity watched by your parents but also knows the risks that can happen if your parents don't. Just by this and what she writes in her advice column makes me agree with her on what she wrote. There are three things that I strongly agree on with her. First, is that you should check on your kids every once in a while, I think this is critical because it is your job as a parent to protect your child, also this is one way to let them know you are watching over them and to give them some freedom. Second, I also agree on when she says “Having a parent catch your inappropriate exchange is better than having a school administrator, future employer

I agree with part of this, parents should treat the internet more like the real world, however they should tone it up a little with the internet but tone it down a little in the real world. Kids need to learn how to be independent, watching over them like this does not teach independence, in fact it completely destroys it.

In the first instance, some will say teens don't comprehend that the Internet doesn’t keep secrets. In Harlan Coben’s article, “The Undercover Parent,” (2008), Coben states , “Second, everything your child types can already be seen by the world- teachers, potential employers, friends, neighbors, future dates. Shouldn’t he [your child] learn now that the Internet is not a haven of privacy?” (Coben, par. 9). People use pseudonym after pseudonym on the Internet, and really, if something is going to be found, it’ll be found and if it’s worth protecting , they’ll hide it. Coben also states, “... a computer is a little key locked diary. But posting thoughts on the Internet isn’t the same thing as hiding them under your mattress.” (Coben, par. 10). Essentially with today’s technology, the Internet is like a little key locked diary. There are so many passwords and fail safes and programs designed to protect yourself, that if you only want a few people to see something only a few people will see it. And if someone sees something they weren’t meant to see and they have a problem with it, then they have to deal with it, as long as it’s not illegal or violates society's basic human principles, then it’s fine. Some will say you can’t trust your kids to be safe, “... that if you are

To begin with, parents spy on their kids so they could know what they bring doing during their days.In the article the author states that “61 percent of parents checked the websites that their teenagers visited, 60 percent visited their social media accounts and 48 percent looked through their phone calls and messages. Basically, what is this quote is saying is that parents are tracking their kids due to their websites that they go thru their cell phones who they being texting or calling and they social media such as facebook instagram. This is important because, it shows that parents are very careless for their child. So, if

therefore the guardian becomes accountable in shaping their child’s mannerisms. Children raised in this way come from a variety of homes though they end up becoming more independent, have more maturity, are able to control their emotions better, and are more collaborative than children raised with the other parenting techniques (“Does Hovering Matter”, 3).

Within the past several years, I have seen many new ideas and theories as to how children should be reared. One change that I have witnessed firsthand is the difference in the role a parent plays in their child's life. In the article called "Helicopter Parents" Stir up Anxiety, Depression, the ideas expressed were not the same my parents had when raising me. Some of the ideas expressed in said article I resonated with as a child whose parents leaned towards being helicopters while others I did not agree with as wholeheartedly.

Did you want your parents spying on you when you were younger? Some teens need their privacy especially when they aren't doing anything bad and don't need to be spied on. Kids don't need to be spied on most of the time parents need more trust.

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

The desire of privacy is a normal part of adolescence. At the same time, teenagers need support from their parents to help them make good decisions. Trust is the key when it comes to giving them their privacy, while also getting what you need by knowing what is going on in your teenager’s life. In Tracking Kids 24/7 by Spencer Monitor who quoted According to Mr. Finer (a spy software consultant), the majority of parents who use spy software do it in stealth mode. Of the 20 million American children who access the Internet, about 50 percent of them are "being protected by Internet safety software," he says. Of those, 75 percent have filtering software and 25 percent spy software.”

Teens sometimes feel as if their parents are spying on them, they feel like they need room to grow and they want freedom and responsibility but their parents will not give the freedom to them to them. Teens sometimes feel that their parents do not trust them, and freedom and responsibility is the only way that they will grow into the adults they are meant to be. When children are given freedom and feel that their parents trust them, they tend to grow into more responsible and mature citizens. If they feel this way, they are also more likely to open up to the adults around them if they are in trouble or need help. “Children who have made good decisions in the past are less likely to engage in risky or dangerous behavior” (Williams, 20--, p.1). If parents have not noticed their child make bad decisions in the past, especially when looking at social media, then they should not worry about them now. If the teen feels violated by their parents, and have not made any bad decisions in the past, they will feel untrusted and may feel like acting out. As Drexler (2013) says, “Realize that going behind [your teens’] backs to determine what they’re up to may only push them towards greater secrecy.” (p. 3). If parents trust their kid, that means that they trust them to take actions when they sense trouble, which many teens have done. “58% have blocked people on social media sites.” (Williams, 20--, p. 1). If a teen feels trusted and knows that their parent is not going behind their back,