The scary thing is that before I started this course, I was so set on what I wanted to do that

Helicopter parents often send the unintentional message to their child saying that they are incompetent of doing things on their own - like the things they attempt to accomplish independently are wrong. Instead of letting their children experience a sense of autonomy by allowing them to accomplish things on their own, an overprotective parent would step in and take control; again promoting dependency. A lot of times, such dependency carries on into adulthood (Sade 1). Instead of being a mature, responsible adult and taking things into their own hands; they call on their parents whenever things get strenuous in their lives. Likewise, adults who still depend on their parents for everything do not mature mentally and sometimes do not have the skills needed to become successful on their own.

In the beginning, I was not completely sure if this was what I wanted to do in life, but over time I became more confident in this grand goal and more confident in myself. Each course would teach me something new about education and about me personally. I am thankful for every educator who helped me along the way and showed me that I am not wasting my time with these classes and with this profession as a whole. My target is in sight and with a little more work, I will be making a change like I always dreamed. Every course I complete is another piece of a dignified puzzle and I am proud of the pieces I have gathered so

Over the course, as I began to see all the material and work come together, I felt a sense of accomplishment and felt very proud of what I had done over the semester. This learning experience has definitely opened my eyes and opened new doors for me professionally already.

From infancy to adult, people are making decisions all day long. How long to study for the upcoming test? What sport to play? What college to attend? As choices are made, often goals are set to ensure maximum potential is achieved. This process of decision-making and goal setting is overbearing shadowed by the authoritarian style of parenting.

I like a good challenge. Especially ones that really make you think on things. It strengthens the mind and broadens your thinking. That is why I enjoy learning new things as much as I can. There are so many choices of classes that Colorado Christian University offers students. This gives me the opportunity to not only learn what I need to but, also a chance to learn something new as well. You can keep it interesting while getting closer to your career path. Have fun while working hard towards your goals.

During this course, I discovered an interest I had in the business field. Owning a company, advertising and marketing, selling procedures were things I enjoy retaining information about. Along with this

“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.

The hypervigilance of parents where they dictate everything that their child does actually does damage to the child because it stunts the development of internal motivation in these students (Margolies, 2016). If my parents had told me what clubs to be in, what sports to do, what classes to take, and what homework to do at what time then I never would have developed the motivation to choose for myself. It would have actually made me less capable of choosing things for myself, thus causing more stress in my life as more responsibility would fall on me as my schooling continues. The other dangerous way that this forced culture of perfectionism damages these youths is when they seem to be the perfect student, excelling in their studies in high school, and then without this constant support they crash in college and can quickly spiral out of control, not knowing how to handle this new stress as they no longer have the hypervigilance or the praise of their parents to keep them going. Helicopter parents think that by controlling these aspects of their child’s life will benefit them and create the best possible outcome for them. This is very obviously false as it is creating the situation of a severely underdeveloped child.

Upon beginning this course I had both a reaction of anxiety as well as gradtification. When it comes to learning anything new no matter what it is I always seem to question myself if I am discipline enough to take on the challenge. I made a physical checklist to help me mentally prepare for making sure that I was setting myself up for success. Without knowing what to fully expect I made sure to allivate possible destrictions like going to a quite place in my home, re-reading the material for clarity, and making sure to proofread material before I submit. After enrolling also felt a form of gradtification. Graditificantion in a way in knowing I was taking anothr step closer to achieving my

I chose this course simply in the hopes that it would aid me in securing that foundation of knowledge and that any application of the material would result in self-betterment. At the closing of my first lecture, I was enamored with my professor Jared Pickens’ witty and exuberant demeanor. He had an undeniable passion for educating others that had cultivated through-out his years as a Financial Counselor to his current role as Senior Lecturer. Although the course had originally been designed to help students develop a sense of their own personal finances, Professor Pickens offered additional insight into the career of financial planning based on his own experiences within the field. To demonstrate our understanding of the financial planning concepts and methods, we were assigned a semester-long project in which we were to dissect an elaborate case-study and present our conclusions in a formal presentation. My partner and I wasted no time on outlining our assignment, as we were both genuinely excited about unveiling the financial complexities of our new “clients”. We spent countless evenings in the school library analyzing the data while pouring over textbooks, websites, and research to develop the perfect recommendations. In an added measure of creativity and fun, we fashioned our own faux

This was what influened me a lot the philosophy, from any other electives course and general education courses because, I understood the real philosophy of life. All other courses, I learned alot, but somehow, this connected me and my life. These courses are really helpful in my daily life’s and I have used my skills and tact knowledge that I got from this program.

During this stage or phrase children are allowed to make mistakes simply for purpose of being able to learn from the mistakes (Schaie, 1977-1978).Children are allowed to make mistakes because during this stage parents or guardians are the ones taking responsibility for decisions that will affect the child’s life. One positive aspect of my parents and step mother s making my decision or choices for me was that in regards to big decision I never felt the consequences for making the wrong or harmful decisions. However, one major consequence for my parents and stepmom making my decisions was that I was never allowed to make choices or decisions based on who I was or what I believed in. By not allowing me to make my own decisions or not my feelings, wants and beliefs into consideration my family did not allow to grow, mature or to be myself (Robinson, Smith, 2010). Individuals who are denied the opportunity to be themselves “enter a state of self-alienation, where the individual’s behaviors and actions do not reflect personal preferences, values, or desires, but rather reflect the demands or expectations of others” (Robinson, Smith, 2010). However, after leaving home I was finally in the power of making my own decisions and choices. Upon entering college I quickly learned that some questions could not be answered simply and required looking at the question from multiple angles as well as a lot of thought. Questions that cannot be answered simply and require a lot of thought are defined as ill-defined or ill structured (Broderick, Blewitt, 2015). Once I was making my own decisions and choice I soon realized that a lot of the problems or situations I encountered involved these ill-defined or ill structured problems. According to Schaie’s theory the reason why most of the problems I encountered were ill-defined or ill structured was because I was in

This course has been an eye opening and empowering experience. It has encouraged me and reaffirmed my thoughts on debt, but it has also brought to my awareness that although saving money is great, not investing any of it is a great mistake.

Some parents want to be controlling their kids in a lot of ways, that annoyed us as teens/kids. For example they don't let you go somewhere without them being with you, lets say that you want to go to your best friend birthday party, you are planning how to tell tham in order that they probably let you go and by the time you ask them they said “no” and you are going to get really mad with them, because they tell you that if you go they have to go with you. Almost every parent want to be controlling you because they may think that we are still little kids.

Before addressing the tools of teaching and learning styles favoured by those who have entered courses of education, my peers and I discussed possible reasons for embarking on a course of study and the motivations for sticking with that course.