From The Onion:
http://www.theonion.com/graphic/pros-and-cons-helicopter-parenting-52130
My favorite - “You quit your career for this kid, remember? You gave up everything, and now you’re just going to let them get a B in French?”
I have read real articles where parents sold their home and moved close to the college their kid was attending! that is some crazy stuff!(stuff is a nice word for the word I wanted to use)
@zobroward, I knew a parent who decided to move to the college town when the second kid (year younger than the oldest) went off to the same college as the first kid. The spouse wasn’t crazy about that idea, and they ended up divorcing over it, or so I was told. Who knows what the whole story was, but according to the parent, the kids, even after they got in college, would never submit homework or a paper without running it by this parent first. And the parent was on board with this completely.
Nrdsb4 if I could have had my mom attend all my chemistry, neuroscience and cell biology classes and take the tests and the MCAT for me I could have gone to med school. I would also need her to take 99% of the med school classes for me too!
Have you read the stories about Affluenzia child? How far do parents go?
I am sorry, I will do, if I can, anything to help my child. But not cheat or give up my life or lie, steal or anything I personally believe is morally wrong.
Even the vast, vast majority of helicopter parents won’t go as far as Affluenza’s mother (especially) did. They’re in a league all on their own.
My H considers me a helicopter parent because I actually know where my kids are - ie. which city they are in. He can’t remember if D lives in Columbia, SC or Charleston. And he knows that S lives “somewhere in New Jersey.” His parents are always asking questions about the kids and his standard answer is “I don’t know, but I’m sure they’re doing fine.” To be fair, I tell him things, but he has no mind for details. All I can say is that my kids were very lucky that he was not a single parent - at least they got fed everyday! haha (We were the original “free-range parents.”)