Hey, Helicopter Moms (and Dads)!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:No it doesn’t. Most parents are helicopters these days. This is just one version. Other moms troll grading websites, their kids phones, GPS track them, etc...

What's wrong with GPS tracking? I use it all the time on my high school student. I check to see if he's on his way home (long commute from school), so I can plan dinner. Eliminates need to call or text him asking when he will be home. Our who family tracks each other for various purposes.

Grading websites...I also can see my son's grades. I am paying $40K to send him to a high school, so I think I have every right to see his grades.

You hands off parents are just lazy.

Do you change dinner time for the family based on when he's going to get home? Do you have other children?

Yes, actually we do. We like to eat together as a family. And yes, I have one other younger child who is way more flexible. My HS DS is the busiest kid in our family including my DH who works is a partner in a major law firm. DS commutes one hour to school and has many ECs. We try to make his life easy because he works so hard. Call it helicoptering or whatever you want. We call it LOVE.

One day he’ll expect that much LOVE from some unfortunate woman who’s agreed to be his wife.

DP. I adjust dinner time because of my kids' schedules all the time. We don't have a set time. We have a range. Also, traffic can affect when I get home, so can getting a last minute call. One would hope that Op's son would meet and marry someone who isn't so rigid that having a flexible range for dinner so the family can eat together isn't a deal breaker.

[Anonymous]

This may be a cultural issue. The woman appears to be Asian. She might come from a culture where parents are intensely involved in finding a spouse for their sons. I don't put this in the helicopter mom category. There are many people here who don't assimilate into American society and are still immersed in their own cultural norms. I feel bad for the son.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This may be a cultural issue. The woman appears to be Asian. She might come from a culture where parents are intensely involved in finding a spouse for their sons. I don't put this in the helicopter mom category. There are many people here who don't assimilate into American society and are still immersed in their own cultural norms. I feel bad for the son.

In every culture, hell has no fury like a woman scorned. OP is upset she wasn't approached - so she has go online, DCUM, CC, Reddit, to spread her hatred and bad karma. .