Seven Ways Helicopter Parents Can Avoid Ruining Their Children's Careers
Seven Ways Helicopter Parents Can Avoid Ruining Their Children's Careers
By Dawn Rosenberg McKay, Career Planning Expert, About.com, September 2015
How to Stop Hovering and Let Your Kids Find Their Own Way
It is often said roots and wings are two of the most valuable things parents can give their children—roots to know where home is and wings to fly off on their own. There are some moms and dads who have done quite well with the first part of that directive but have had great difficulty with the second. We know them as helicopter parents, a term given to people who micromanage their children's lives, even as they enter their twenties.
Helicopter parents, although they are in most cases well-meaning, can do significant harm to their children as they become adults and begin their careers. Children who have always had their parents decide things for them, frequently find it difficult to move forward on their own without mom and dad's oversight. They lack confidence and may not have the critical thinking skills they need to make decisions and solve problems.
Parents who do not instill in their children the confidence to fly are doing them a great disservice—one that can stall their progress into independent adulthood.
Learn more here:
It is often said roots and wings are two of the most valuable things parents can give their children—roots to know where home is and wings to fly off on their own. There are some moms and dads who have done quite well with the first part of that directive but have had great difficulty with the second. We know them as helicopter parents, a term given to people who micromanage their children's lives, even as they enter their twenties.
Helicopter parents, although they are in most cases well-meaning, can do significant harm to their children as they become adults and begin their careers. Children who have always had their parents decide things for them, frequently find it difficult to move forward on their own without mom and dad's oversight. They lack confidence and may not have the critical thinking skills they need to make decisions and solve problems.
Parents who do not instill in their children the confidence to fly are doing them a great disservice—one that can stall their progress into independent adulthood.
Learn more here:
