Persuasive Speech
Helicopter parents can restrain their child’s life, as helicopter parents can inflict physical risk to their children, lower their child’s self-esteem, and make the child too dependent.
Helicopter parents could potentially end their child’s life. Helicopter parents cannot resist on not checking up on their children. Fredrick Kunkle, from the Washington Post, ran a survey interviewing parents and came to a conclusion that “Eighty-seven percent of parents who responded said they enforce texting and driving rules. Yet 50 percent admitted that they texted their teenager even though they knew their teenager was driving. As if that's not bad enough, the survey found that 29 percent of those parents expected a response before their child reached their destination.”. It’s not just the parents that are putting the child at danger, it’s mostly the moms. Continuing from the study, Fredrick Kunkle found that “This was especially true if the messages came from Mom. By examining implicit attitudes among teenagers, the survey found that teens tend to believe that a message coming …show more content…
Amy Joyce, a journalist for the Washington Post, teamed up with college professors Bradley-Geist and Olson-Buchanan and ran a survey on 450 undergraduate students. The students were asked specific questions about parental involvement and to rate their level of self-efficiency. The authors found that students with helicopter parents are more dependent on others, lack responsibility and conscientiousness, they had poor coping strategies and they are hesitant in their own ability to accomplish goals. Amy Joyce also met with a couple, Mimi and John Barrow. The Barrows both work in education and state that they have seen the harm helicopter parents can do first-hand and they need to see the need for children to grow and build their self-confidence, but when you hover, you take that sense of self
Helicopter parents can restrain their child’s life, as helicopter parents can inflict physical risk to their children, lower their child’s self-esteem, and make the child too dependent.
Helicopter parents could potentially end their child’s life. Helicopter parents cannot resist on not checking up on their children. Fredrick Kunkle, from the Washington Post, ran a survey interviewing parents and came to a conclusion that “Eighty-seven percent of parents who responded said they enforce texting and driving rules. Yet 50 percent admitted that they texted their teenager even though they knew their teenager was driving. As if that's not bad enough, the survey found that 29 percent of those parents expected a response before their child reached their destination.”. It’s not just the parents that are putting the child at danger, it’s mostly the moms. Continuing from the study, Fredrick Kunkle found that “This was especially true if the messages came from Mom. By examining implicit attitudes among teenagers, the survey found that teens tend to believe that a message coming …show more content…
Amy Joyce, a journalist for the Washington Post, teamed up with college professors Bradley-Geist and Olson-Buchanan and ran a survey on 450 undergraduate students. The students were asked specific questions about parental involvement and to rate their level of self-efficiency. The authors found that students with helicopter parents are more dependent on others, lack responsibility and conscientiousness, they had poor coping strategies and they are hesitant in their own ability to accomplish goals. Amy Joyce also met with a couple, Mimi and John Barrow. The Barrows both work in education and state that they have seen the harm helicopter parents can do first-hand and they need to see the need for children to grow and build their self-confidence, but when you hover, you take that sense of self