Helicopter Parents' Influence on Their Children

Helicopter Parents' Influence on Their Children

Many of us are acquainted with the phrase "helicopter parents", which are ones that have total control over their children's life. Of course, usually parents are led only by kind intentions: they want their child to be successful in the future, be provided with everything that can and cannot be afforded. But do children need this overprotection, excessive help from their mum and dad? Helicopter parenting have nothing in common with help.

Katherine Schulten in her article "Do You Have Helicopter Parents?" (https://nyti.ms/3b1ePv1) (Published: 14.05.2013. Accessed: 17.03.2020) names the drawbacks of the latter type of the upbringing of the child. If all problems children meet with are solved by their parent, they do not need to make an extra effort to put things together by themselves. On the one hand, this situation cannot happen with a conscientious and responsible youngster, who wants to be independent. On the other hand, each person who feels too strong support from their relatives will not be ready for dealing with a troublesome task entirely by themselves. 

In my point of view, by helping their children in everything, parents do a disservice to them. As has already been said, young people will not be able to showcase their readiness to take charge of their own actions. In addition, parents' over-protectiveness may reflect their lack of confidence in their child's ability to act like a mature person.

To sum it up, parents should not become 'helicopter' ones in order to help their children with difficulties. Support and belief in a young person, that is what will definitely assist a child in their life path.