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Children and Helicopter Parenting

It isn't until later in the child's life that parents start to see that their way of parenting did not work. Children who are raised by helicopter parents tend to, as society knows, go crazy when they get to college away from home because they finally have a since of freedom and independence. This time in a young adults life is called the "rebellious" stage. College is one of the if not the most critical time in someone's life to do well. If a parent who raises their kid in that style then they are just setting them up for failure. .
             For example, my sister who is now thirty-two was helicopter parented by my dad. She was raised to always put grades first beyond anything such as a social life of independence. My dad thought entirely for her and kept her under lock and key. Unfortunately she got into college and realized just how much freedom she had. Not only is this a scary time because the child is finally away from home, but for someone who has been helicopter parented this will be an even more dramatic experience because they go into complete shell shock and don't know how to handle all of the change. This can potentially become detrimental to a college student. .
             Hard work leads to success. We all know this and will hopefully pass this concept onto our own children. However, hard work should not be in the parent's control. Amy Joyce, a writer for the Washington Post, educates us a study that showed how college children who had been helicopter parented had a hard time believing that they could reach their goals on their own due to the parents excessive involvement in the young students educational studies. At a certain point in a child or teenagers life, there is a point in time at which a parent needs to "cut the cord" as most would say. At this point parents begin to back off because they are hoping that what they have tried to teach their child about hard work has paid off.


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