Helicopter Parents In Generation Y

Imagine a world where children grow up having their each and every move monitored and overseen, where parents keep in contact with their children via cell phone throughout every day all day, and where children no longer view their parents as superior to them but instead view them as their “best friends”. Well, welcome to Generation Y! Children are growing up depending on their parents to fix every unfair situation, money need, hardship, and rejection in life because they think that is how life works. Parents know where their college children are at all times during the week, and they are even informed when professors are unfair or roommates are too messy. Children are now so embedded with their parents going into adulthood that they now often …show more content…
Helicopter parents in Generation Y are depriving their children from learning how to make decisions on their own, face and overcome hard times and difficult situations, and learn from mistakes or accidents made. Parents are now trying to shield their children from any possible situation in life that could cause turmoil or frustration, when they should be showing reticence and letting it happen. Helicopter parenting begins with parents following around their little ones, directing and watching their behavior leaving them no time alone. Parents then start to helicopter parent in elementary school by selecting who their child gets to spend time with or what activities they will participate in. Helicopter parents often help their children too much with school assignments and are also very vigilant about their child fitting in and being accepted. This then leads the parents to choose what they wear, who they associate with, and how they spend their time. Most parents have good intentions and …show more content…
A phone call home every few weeks from college is now something rarely if ever seen by college students. In a recent survey done by textplus, an app developer, a shocking 66% of teens report that they 've received texts from their parents, even when their parents know they 're in class (Who’s That Texting). Parents are now asking their children if they got to school safely, checking to see their test grade, asking if the boy they like asked them to prom yet, and even what they want for dinner. Other than the palpable negative effect of parents interfering with their child’s learning during school, helicopter parents who are over-texting their children are causing them to have future self-esteem issues, dependency and reliance on others, and are holding them back from experiencing life on their own. College students have a whole new experience away from home in Generation Y. It is like they are not unplugged from living at home, except for the fact that they aren’t physically there. Parents drop their babies off at their dorms only to say goodbye for a few minutes before they text “Miss you already” to their college freshman. When a few kind words here and there are good for children and loving advice every once in a while is good for the soul; texting is taking college students away from a new