Essay About Helicopter Parenting

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“Helicopter Parenting: Reasons and Effectivity”
Parenting is a key factor in the growth of a child (Alampay 105). Thus, parenting must be done right for children to succeed in life. To give their children a good future, some parents opt to increase their involvement in their children’s lives, turning them into helicopter parents. An example of this is in an article entitled “I’m a Helicopter Mom, and now, My Kid Can’t Handle Her Own Problems,” where the author narrates that she personally reprimands any child that messes with hers and how this said child ended up needing her to solve problems up until her child reached college. This goes to show that parents in the country do adapt this way of parenting and that it can have adverse effects. In line with that, this paper aims to inform both parents and children of the effects of Helicopter Parenting (HP) on children by discussing the following: the reasons for Filipino parents to become helicopter parents, the effects of helicopter parenting on children, the explanations used to either correlate or …show more content…

An example of this would be that helicopter parenting is connected to making children less capable of choosing wisely, alongside being more prone to cheating and not being used to criticism (Vinson 435). Also, it has been documented that depression and lack of satisfaction in life were common among pupils with helicopter parents (Schiffrin et al. 548). Finally, helicopter parenting is associated with being dependent on others and not being able to adjust to certain circumstances (Odenweller et al. 419). These negative effects were all associated with the fostering of a child’s dependence on his or her parents (Odenweller et al. 419; Schiffrin et al. 548; Vinson 435). Thus, it can be seen that helicopter parenting is detrimental to a child’s growth since it makes children less

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