Why Helicopter Parents Produce Boomerang Kids
Why Helicopter Parents Produce Boomerang Kids
By Tim Elmore, Growing Leaders, June 14, 2016
I spent the last few days studying thirty years of student trends and patterns. While both K-12 and Higher Education have gone through transitions—the greatest shift in three decades of childhood is the parents.
Parents are doing their job differently than they did forty years ago.
We’ve all heard the term, “Helicopter Parent.” It’s a title we’ve affectionately bestowed upon moms and dads who hover over their children, believing that their child needs their attention, their help, their insight or their power to make it in life. These parents are all too happy to leverage that power to pave the way for their child.
Social scientists have noted the results of helicopter parenting between 1985 and 2015:
•When students reach college they are more immature, coddled by parents.
•They are a generation that grew up without ever skinning their knees.
•Few have felt the pain of real failure—hence, never developed resilience.
•Many got “stickers and ribbons” for everything; everyone is above average.
•It is common for parents to do a daily a wake-up call for their child in college.
•These students want their college education to continue their “bubble life.”
What Has This Done to Kids as Emerging Adults?
Learn more here:
Parents are doing their job differently than they did forty years ago.
We’ve all heard the term, “Helicopter Parent.” It’s a title we’ve affectionately bestowed upon moms and dads who hover over their children, believing that their child needs their attention, their help, their insight or their power to make it in life. These parents are all too happy to leverage that power to pave the way for their child.
Social scientists have noted the results of helicopter parenting between 1985 and 2015:
•When students reach college they are more immature, coddled by parents.
•They are a generation that grew up without ever skinning their knees.
•Few have felt the pain of real failure—hence, never developed resilience.
•Many got “stickers and ribbons” for everything; everyone is above average.
•It is common for parents to do a daily a wake-up call for their child in college.
•These students want their college education to continue their “bubble life.”
What Has This Done to Kids as Emerging Adults?
Learn more here:
