Helicopter parenting

“CNN article on "helicopter parenting"

Cut the cord, people!”

“Read this article earlier. I'm all for cutting that cord. The newest generation needs to learn to stand on its own feet. Parents have gone way too soft, between lack of discipline and constant surveilance.”

“Do you think that part of it is a consequence of people having fewer children?


This reminds me of the parents who were down in NO getting their kid into Tulane when Katrina hit. They had no other way out, so the spent $3700 on a limo ride to Chicago. Now, The Tulane students were being loaded on a bus and shipped to a college in Jackson, MS, that Tulane has a mutual disaster agreement with. MSU I think, but I'm not sure. So, if this kids parents hadn't been there, he would have gotten on the bus with his fellow students and been fine, if less comfortable. But his parents were there so they had to find a way to be evacuated.”

“Rob Sobelman, a Colgate sophomore, says when students walk out of a test, many dial home immediately to report how it went. One friend checks in with her mother every night before going to sleep, he said.

OMG!!!”

“Gee, it's no wonder so many of them move right back in with Mom and Dad after college!”

“Boomerangers aired on NHPR this morning.


Call them twixters, kidults, or boomerangers- they are a new generation of twentysomethings caught in a transitional phase between adolescence and adulthood, floating for a few years, putting off the heavy threat of adult responsibility and oftentimes, moving back home. Laura's guest is Tom Sedoric, Senior Vice-President of Investment for A.G. Edwards and Sons, a financial consulting firm with offices nationwide. She's also joined by Dr. Jeffrey Arnett, Research Associate Professor for the Department of Human Development at the University of Maryland. He is also the Editor of the Journal of Adolescent Research, author of several books on adolescence and emerging adulthood and Chair of the Special Interest Group on Emerging Adulthood. *This show originally aired on 2/9/05*”

“I guess I just don't get it.

When I was 18 I COULDN'T WAIT TO MOVE OUT.”

“i used to be in restaurant management and i blew my mind how many teens we'd hire that had no idea how to use a mop or broom!!!”

“My kids do.

They are 7 and 10.”

“same here bit. they wash their own clothes (sometimes) too.”

“We're not quite at that phase yet, but close.”

“I moved out when I was 17....I couldnt deal with my freak of a mom!”

“Spirit - similar deal for me, too. Never looked back.”

““I moved out when I was 17....I couldnt deal with my freak of a mom!”
Spirit Coyote
5:08:57 PM
8/30/05

She's a ruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuun-away!!!
Run, run, ruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuun-away”

“The positive side of this may be stronger families i the future. I have read that it wasnt to long ago (maybe 50 years) where homes had multiple generations of families co-habitating. They took care of each other, no need for elder care services or childcare since someone was alsways around. You also had multiple families on the smae street and block living the same way. I think it fosters a greater sense of family and the responsiblity we have to each other. I would carry the same logic to a community too.

Of course I was kicked out at 15, mved back to the other parents shortly after. Moved out at 18 for the military. After that moved to my dads,stayed for 8 months thenpacked up and moved 1200 miles away alone.”