Who Is Helicopter Parents?

“No Escape from ‘Helicopter Parents’” by Felix Carroll discusses the problem that baby boomers are becoming over-protective of their children and are not letting them live independently. Carroll tells about helicopter parents to make the point that children of baby boomers are being suffocated by their parents. My own experience with helicopter parents yields a point that is both similar and different. What I take away from my own experience with helicopter parents is that many parents hover over their children because they feel their kids have found things of better interest. As a result, I conclude that helicopter parents are not seen

According to psychologist Diana Baumrind, there are four different parenting styles: authoritarian, permissive, uninvolved, and authoritative. (p. 339) Authoritarian parenting is a strict form of parenting that demands obedience and respect, but offers little support. Children of authoritarian parents often do not have a healthy relationship with their parents due to the lack of communication. Permissive parents are known as the “cool” parents among adolescents. This parenting style is relaxed and comes with hardly any rules. Permissive parents have a very warm relationship with their child; however, this style is counterproductive in child rearing because they act as a friend instead of a parent who sets boundaries. Uninvolved parenting is the most detrimental to a child’s psychological health. Uninvolved parents are indifferent to their child’s activities, emotional state, and overall well-being. They are neglectful and even reject their children from being a part

A parent’s parenting styles are as diverse as the world we live in today. Nowadays, parents only want what is best for their children and their parenting styles plays a crucial role in the development of children which will in the long run, not only effect the child’s childhood years, but later prolong into their adult life as well.

     Now we come to the democratic parenting style. This is the best parenting style when it comes to raising a child in a healthy environment. Democratic parents make rules but they are flexible with their rules depending on the different situations. Democratic parents also have more open and honest relationships with their children. They allow their children more of a chance to take responsibility and learn from their mistakes.

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

This is hard to imagine because most parents more than likely fit into the definition of a helicopter parent, though not for Jeannette Walls, who actually experienced this and documents it in her memoir The Glass Castle. In her story, she talks about her experiences with her family, and she shows us that *children can grow up to be successful, despite bad parental role

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

When regarding helicopter parenting, most of the time there is a misconception of what this type of parenting is really about. In which, I was included in this misconception, as before reading an excerpt from Alfie Kohn’s book, The Myth of the Spoiled Child: Challenging the Conventional Wisdom about Children and Parenting, I thought every aspect of helicopter parenting was bad for children. However, Kohn’s excerpt from his book has changed my point of view on excessive parenting. As before reading this excerpt I thought helicopter parents were overbearing with their children, but now I see them just as parents trying to carry out what is best for their children. Except I agree with Kohn to a certain extent, since not all helicopter parenting

In Ann Cinzar’s article, Cinzar explains from her own point of view as a mom. “Do I really think my son will not become a concert virtuoso because he forgot to practice flute….few short daydreams from not studying for the math quiz to living in a cardboard box over a subway grate” (Cinzar, 2). While a critic learns from Cinzar’s perspective, it does not mean it is not ridiculous, even Cinzar sounds like that she is mocking herself a little. Helicopter Parenting is molded by a parent’s fear for their kid, for example, fear of their child failing. Though it is true that most of the time a child failing can be beneficial to the kid.

Children that grew up with free range parenting seem to be more responsible and know how to confront the external world. They learned from their own experiences and that is what makes a person mature. Although, free range parents tend to be permissive, they make sure to prepare their children with a solid base of values, experiences and lessons so they know how to confront every situation. Also, one of the

Parents that take an over productive or excessive interest in the life of their children is a helicopter parent. These parents want to be part of every part of their children’s life. Helicopter parents are a really interesting topic. I topic that I have never really considered. Helicopter parents want the best for their children, but are they really helping them? Research shows that helicopter parents can be detrimental to a child’s growth, independence, self-confidence, and overall well-being.

If someone ask Millennials a question about what kind of parenting styles they have, “helicopter parenting” would be the most frequent words to hear. The issue of parenting styles for different generations, like Generation X and Millennials, has been doing rounds on social media or even articles, which is bombarded with deafening debates and various researches. The dividend between differing individuals with disparate view is much more complicated than anyone can image. From where I stand, I am inclined to declare that Millennials who have experienced both helicopter parenting and free-range parenting style own the best approach to parenting, because they have deep understanding of defects of different parenting style not only for helicopter,

The next parenting style is permissive parenting. These parents are warm. Although they are warm they are not involved with their children and their activities. They also don’t have control of the behavior of their children. These parents do not have many rules and allow their children to do what they want to do, whenever they want to do it. “Their children eat meals and go to bed when they feel like it and watch as much television as they want” (Berk 389). In the book Infants, Children and Adolescents it mentions that these children become disobedient. It mentions that they do poorly in school, have more antisocial behaviors, become dependent, and are rebellious.

Parenting is a hard job, that parents do everyday. Like most parents, my mom and dad care about my grades and future. They care about my test scores, and they care about me getting into a good college, but they are never overbearing, or to strict. They understand that I am capable of making responsible choices about my future. I would say that my parents take a laidback approach to parenting. They hold me to high standards in education, but allow me to have free range in how I accomplish this goal. A looser parenting style is proven to be more effective than, stricter styles. Losser parenting allows for students to have higher self esteem, be more independent, and allows students to be more collaborative and balanced.

The benefits of being a stay-at-home mom, I got to be home all the time with my wonderful kids. I felt like I knew them better then anyone else. I never missed any of the milestones in their lives. My children love having me on mom duty 24-7, were I could help them with anything or just give them lots of hugs and kisses. I think that the kids benefit from having only me to discipline and instructing them. I always liked knowing they were happy and comforted by having me there. When the kids were sick, my husband and I never butt-heads about who was going to miss work, cause it was my job to hold down the fort. While running errands with a three year old is not easy, I knew that when my husband got home both of our work days were done.