What do most people mean when they refer to helicopter parents?
The term “helicopter parents” is usually used to refer to parents who are too involved in their child’s life. The term is not limited to college parents; some parents begin helicoptering early in their child’s life. This helicoptering, or hovering, is often detrimental to the growth and maturity of the child. In many cases the title is apt, the behavior is accurate, and the detrimental effect is real. Parents are probably not helping their child when they hover too closely. At the college level, helicopter parents more specifically micromanage their student’s life, virtually walk through the day with their student (via cell phone, texting, Twitter, or Facebook), jump in and rescue their child and make decisions for their child. They call the student daily, or multiple times each day (perhaps to wake the student up in the morning), contact professors for the student, choose courses, edit papers (or write papers?!) intervene in roommate issues, deal with computer problems and faculty con
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