Helicopter Parenting Style
The helicopter parenting style is criticized as an “overprotective” one that “will be directly responsible for a generation of spineless, helpless wimps.” However, parents of the helicopter style state that they just insist on “competency and civility from the world”; this is shown through the parent’s determination to raise competent children, understand socio-economic differences, and the censorship of needless exhibition of violence.
According to Elizabeth Fairfield Stokes, an English Professor at Colby University, she is seen as “one of the helicoptering, overprotective parents” by her community, but she just wants the best for her kids. Elizabeth is determined to do whatever it takes to ensure