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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sending kids to private school and paying for lots of activities isn’t helicopter parenting. [/quote] Yes it is.[/quote] I think the author of the NYT article uses a non-mainstream definition of helicopter parenting. Definition in the article: making sure your kid's time is spent on high-ROI activities. Popular definition: micro-managing your child in their high-ROI activities so they don't have a chance to fail and learn from mistakes. Private school and activities can fit the definition of both but only if the parent micro-manages. For the record: there are high-ROI activities that don't have a high monetary cost cost; high-ROI activities can include intensive parental involvement; intensive parental involvement can be done in a way that still lets the child fail and learn from mistakes.[/quote]
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