Elizabeth Stoke's Parenting Style

Much has been said and written about parenting, as a whole is a complex role as it involves many personalities throughout different stages of a child’s life. For young parents, ways of parenting are much different than that of older parents. There’s also differences in parenting based on the number of children one may have. What may be acceptable for a younger child may not have been acceptable to an older child. In Elizabeth Stoke’s article, “I am a Helicopter Parent and I Don’t Apologize”, the author discusses her parenting style. Sometimes seen as overprotective, helicopter parent are hands-on parents, who demonstrate interest, care and compassion for their own children.
Elizabeth Stoke’s is what she describes to be a helicopter parent. …show more content…
She describes her parenting goals from the onset and explains why she believed the way she did initially. She is clear and straightforward in her goals and in what she is trying to accomplish with her parenting skills. Her intentions seem to be in the right place and focus solely on the child and not based on what is convenient for her. She is also concerned with the world in which we live in. As she describes, “she insists on competency and civility in the world in children live in.” As such, her strengths are her caring nature and her zeal for looking at what’s right in the world based on her believes. While these beliefs may be firm, she is willing to make adjustments and recognizes the need to change or “step in” when she sees it is necessary to do so. I believe this is her strength because as a helicopter parent, she is observant and will adapt to where she sees …show more content…
Luckily in her case, she became aware sooner better than later, and made changes when she needed to. However, for me the idea of homeschooling is creating too much of a shelter. I believe there are “bad” teachers in school, the workplace and in life in general. The sooner we recognize how to deal with it, I believe the better off we are. It is a belief I think helps society learn how to live together in the best possible manner. For Stoke’s, homeschooling worked for her and I gave her credit although I would never consider this as a personal option. Instead, I believe in the ability one acquires in an effort to work well with others. In the real world, there will always be someone who differs from what we believe, someone that goes against our ideas and still, we must learn how to adapt and get along well with others. For me, Stoke’s failure to recognize and act upon her child’s concerns sooner created the helicopter parent in her. It was after her bad experience that she felt compelled to know and hover over everything her daughter did from there