Helicopter Parents

Are you a Helicopter Parent - over-protective and raising kids that don't have the skills to take care of themselves? Here are some ways that can help you back off.

If you're hovering over your teens and micromanaging their activities, read this. They need to build their skills and confidence so they'll be ready to leave home, and you have to help them by letting go.

After being a helicopter parent for years, I realized I needed to stop hovering and truly help my teens with their finances. How I found the thin line between doing everything for them and letting them make and manage their own money.

How college parents can avoid becoming a helicopter parent.

Are you a helicopter parent?

There is a strong difference between being involved in your child's life and being a helicopter parent. Here are some signs of a helicopter parent.

Does homeschooling automatically make a parent a helicopter parent? Most homeschoolers would probably argue with that.

Avoid messing up. Learn the pitfalls of helicopter parenting.

Over parenting isn't a frequently discussed topic. The pitfalls are children who don't develop coping skills as well as problem solving skills. Without these skills, emotional growth and development is stunted.

Why helicopter parenting damages children and the normal pleasures of childhood, including sleepovers.

Some tips on how to avoid becoming a helicopter parent.

The world is a bad, bad place, chock full of danger. Convinced their precious ones may get kidnapped or stub a toe, these moms and dads do not let them do anything on their own. Guess who's expected to babysit these darlings 18 years down the road?

Parents want their children to have everything. Parents, however, do not have to give their children everything they want. Children are fully capable of getting things for themselves.

Can the involvement of helicopter parents have any effect on college graduation rates? Only 37.5% of two-year college students are graduating within 3 years.

I knew, from early on, that if I wanted my children to grow up to be confident, happy people, I would have to help them learn the lessons of life by experiencing them.

Helicopter parenting, otherwise known as 'intrusive parenting', is basically not giving any space to your children. Since it exists as a parenting style, there must be some benefits though I fail to recognize them.

Notes about Helicopter Parenting from a Helicopter Parent.

Helicopter parents are those parents that are excessively close to their children. The term comes from parents hovering over every aspect of their child's life like a helicopter.

Is it better to hover over your kids or let them be independent and make their own mistakes? This is a vote for the former.

To be honest, I hadn't heard the term helicopter parents until recently and when I did and read some extreme stories of hovering parents, I thought, "Oh my gosh, I know them!" We all do.

Helicopter parents appear to hover, always nearby to keep their children from harm or failure. But are they helping or harming their kids?

Helicopter parenting isn't getting a lot of positive attention from the media. What is this new parenting style, is it as detrimental as it sounds, and what can other parents learn from watching helicopter parents?

A review of what Helicopter parenting is, and whether or not it does more damage then good

Learn what to do when one spouse is a helicopter parent and the other is not.

It seems lately that a lot of people are talking about something known as Helicopter Parenting.

Research shows more parents are hovering over their kids' lives. Dubbed helicopter parents, they micromanage their kids from kindergarten, through college, and into adulthood. Some call the 80 million kids of baby boomers the most protected and programmed kids ever.

A "helicopter parent" is a term for an individual who pays extremely close attention to their child or children, particularly at schools, classes or other educational avenues.

Parents and teachers have an obligation to monitor what children are exposing themselves to on the Internet. The Remote Desktop feature which can be easily downloaded, allows parents and teachers to monitor Internet activity.

Helicopter parenting is a new word for an old problem. Moms and Dads who refuse to let their children make their own decisions, but instead hover over them, are helicopter parents. It's not healthy for parents or kids.