Category parenting
Trouble coping
I used to think I was a bit of a helicopter parent. Compared to my parents I certainly am. And then some. But compared to the parents of some of my children’s friends, I’m practically neglectful. My children get their own breakfasts. My son often makes dinner for the family. They put away their laundered clothes (sometimes […]
After everything we do for them
After all the sacrifices we make for our children, after everything we do to nurture them, love them, encourage them, and after we teach them to be self-sufficient, think for themselves, encourage them to speak truth to power (yes, even our power), what does it take for parents to abandon their children? Two of three homeless immigrant […]
The Institute of Helicopter Parenting advises hourly contact between parents and college kids
Dr. Gotye B. Clingy, Ph.D. of the Institute of Helicopter Parenting tells parents they are right to worry as they pack their children off to college. Dr. Clingy is an expert in the field of Helicopter Parenting and the author of the seminal work: “Grown children and apron strings: Securing long-term ties.” The Institute is alarmed about the stubbornly […]
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