Personal Narrative: My Helicopter Family

I have two parents, a mom and a dad who are married. Still married. They work regular 9-5 jobs and lead a very stable lifestyle. I have one sister and it’s just the four of us living together. All my grandparents (7) got divorced and remarried. My childhood was pretty normal, soccer games, school plays, dance practice, family dinners. My mom was raised with no-rescue parenting then did a 180 degree turn and became the world 's best helicopter parent ever. Both my parents would be considered “helicopter parents” by parenting specialists. According to Parenting Magazine a helicopter parent is defined as such : a parent who takes an overprotective or excessive interest in the life of their child or children. Don’t get me wrong, I love my helicopters and to me it’s mostly a good thing. However my mom grew up with “No-Rescue parenting”. The no-rescue parent was coined by The Today Show as the polar opposite …show more content…
Everything revolved around me and if I need something they are always the first to help me. Drive me to soccer games, get me new shoes when I grew out of the old ones every two weeks, and bring me I forgot it (which was often). My family has never been wealthy, but I have never been hungry. We make economically conscious decisions and I never got the whole North Pole for Christmas. I loved my childhood and it was full of games, books and fond memories of car camping. My sister and I are very close and we tell our parents almost everything. My family is similar to a team with equal parts and everybody’s role is important. Other families can be similar to an army squad with leaders and followers. I think my opinion is just as valid as my parents’ and they respect what me and my sister want and need. I used to forget my lunch all the times and one of my parents would always bring it to school that day so that I wouldn’t be hungry. This is one of major trademarks of helicopter