The Harms of Helicopter Parenting
There comes a point in many people’s lives where they have the joy of becoming a parent. A parent has a chance to create new life. However, creating new life has its advantages and disadvantages. Parents are in charge of directing and controlling a human being. But, what if there is such a thing of too much direction. A parent can endlessly hover over their child. That would be a helicopter parent. Nonetheless, there is a difference in healthy parenting and helicopter parenting. A helicopter parent is to in control of their child’s life. On the other hand, some people believe helicopter parenting is the best way to keep kids safe, but the fact is it causes more harm to children.
The way children are being raised …show more content…
Children have to check in always. They must call their parents if they are not next to them. They need to describe what they are doing and who they are with at all times. Children no longer have the freedom of being on their own. This places fear in children that the world is harmful and unsafe. Parents are now afraid of the news and their children being unsafe. However, researchers “found that the number of child abductions by strangers had remained unchanged in the past 50 years even as the population grew,” (Sollisch). There is just more reporting of child abductions. The parents’ anxiety is being watched and replicated by their children. Not only children now are more anxious they also have more stress. Parents’ and schools’ place a lot of stress on children. They now have extracurricular scheduled for every hour of their day. If it is a sport one Saturday then it is a music competition the next. Children have more increased stress of extracurricular events. Children have to check in always and have more stress now than their parents’ ever did have. Children are no longer responsible for the decisions they make. Parents’ are now controlling their children’s decisions. A hovering parent can harm a child’s development into adulthood. If the parent is always in control then the child will no longer be making their own …show more content…
Children learn by taking risks and having fun. However, parents’ are afraid to let their children be outside alone. Which can potentially damaging to the way a child learns consequences. Parents’ do so much for their children but, “They don't allow their children to deal with the consequences of their decisions… So when a decision goes badly, they just fix it," (Kantrowitz). Parents’ love their children however; they forget they need to let their children grow. The consequences help children realize who they are. Children learn to be themselves by being alone and not by someone telling them who they are going to be. Freedom is exhilarating to children it helps them grow into healthy adults. Life is all about the consequences even if that means getting
There comes a point in many people’s lives where they have the joy of becoming a parent. A parent has a chance to create new life. However, creating new life has its advantages and disadvantages. Parents are in charge of directing and controlling a human being. But, what if there is such a thing of too much direction. A parent can endlessly hover over their child. That would be a helicopter parent. Nonetheless, there is a difference in healthy parenting and helicopter parenting. A helicopter parent is to in control of their child’s life. On the other hand, some people believe helicopter parenting is the best way to keep kids safe, but the fact is it causes more harm to children.
The way children are being raised …show more content…
Children have to check in always. They must call their parents if they are not next to them. They need to describe what they are doing and who they are with at all times. Children no longer have the freedom of being on their own. This places fear in children that the world is harmful and unsafe. Parents are now afraid of the news and their children being unsafe. However, researchers “found that the number of child abductions by strangers had remained unchanged in the past 50 years even as the population grew,” (Sollisch). There is just more reporting of child abductions. The parents’ anxiety is being watched and replicated by their children. Not only children now are more anxious they also have more stress. Parents’ and schools’ place a lot of stress on children. They now have extracurricular scheduled for every hour of their day. If it is a sport one Saturday then it is a music competition the next. Children have more increased stress of extracurricular events. Children have to check in always and have more stress now than their parents’ ever did have. Children are no longer responsible for the decisions they make. Parents’ are now controlling their children’s decisions. A hovering parent can harm a child’s development into adulthood. If the parent is always in control then the child will no longer be making their own …show more content…
Children learn by taking risks and having fun. However, parents’ are afraid to let their children be outside alone. Which can potentially damaging to the way a child learns consequences. Parents’ do so much for their children but, “They don't allow their children to deal with the consequences of their decisions… So when a decision goes badly, they just fix it," (Kantrowitz). Parents’ love their children however; they forget they need to let their children grow. The consequences help children realize who they are. Children learn to be themselves by being alone and not by someone telling them who they are going to be. Freedom is exhilarating to children it helps them grow into healthy adults. Life is all about the consequences even if that means getting