Are Helicopter Parents Or Effective Parents?

Helicopter parents are widely known as overprotective parents because they are hovering around their child. They tend to control their life. The parents are tracking every moves, if child does not answer the phone they call the police to go out and look for the child. In high school they are labeled the soccer mom’s. The moms do not know they are a helicopter parents until their child begins college. They are the ones who call the professors at college to ask how their kid is doing. Next, the parents try to do everything for the children, so they do not have to worry about it. If the kid has a job they will take the check and go put in the bank. A study from the University of Mary Washington says, “Mothers managed the bank accounts of 29 percent of respondents” (Averill). Another college said that a parent came and picked out the classes when the child was not even around. “When parents do things for their children, they are …show more content…
They are two kinds of parents; the good parents and the get-real parents. The good parents are the parents teach them about the larger values such as religion and sports. When they are at college they think of what their mother would say if they had an ounce of alcohol. They prevent drinking because the parent wants the children to grow up and be successful. The get-real parents teach them about drinking while they are still at home and show the limits to stop. Also, when the children knows how much they can have and be able to help others that do not. Many of the parents sends the child to classes to learn about teen drinking and what to know to stay out of jail (Flanagan). Most of the college students are not engaged in school, they are mostly to find something else to do which is binge drinking (Mailonline). Which the students are more likely to have over the limit by ten or more. Binge drinking has been happening since the 9th century and continuing more as the years go