Helicopter parenting at it's worst

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Helicopter parenting at its worst

OP here...***OUCH*** this is what I get posting when exhausted. And I usually hate that error, so it's especially painful. Sorry!

Don't apolojize to teh grammer police

[Anonymous]

I, too, cringed when I saw the cartoon. My parents pretty much did what the left hand cartoon depicted. If my dad hadn't kicked their asses through high school, two of my brothers would have dropped out. They did not have productive, successfull lives and I'm sure if they were still living, they'd be diagnosed with learning disabilities - as have two of my DSs. Our reaction was more like the cartoon on the right. We knew our kids were working hard and were bright but had no idea why they were doing so poorly. We're not expecting them to be at the top of their class but they shouldn't be in the very bottom. If we hadn't pursued it, the teachers would have been fine letting them fail. Seeing what my kids have gone through when they fail despite their best efforts, I have such sorrow for my brothers. I can't help but wonder if their lives wouldn't have turned out so tragically if my parents hadn't blamed them for their poor grades and, instead, tried to understand why the education system was failing them. Accountability works both ways.