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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I define a helicopter parent as one who cares so much they will intervene in issues where there child clearly is at fault to prevent a just consequence. Or who will intervene to get their child preference when the kid hasn't earned preference. Or who will some day show up at their kids' job interview when the kid is an adult.

Example: not helicopter parenting to politely teach your middle school aged kid how to ask a coach what they need to do in order to earn more playing time on a sports team. Helicopter parenting to go up to said coach yourself and demand the kid get more playing time without showing any additional effort/skill development.[/quote]

+1. Some people called me a helicoptor parent because I removed my child from their five growling dogs after arriving to pick them up from a playdate (they are a bit over a year old). I was dismissed as overly anxious, high-strung and a helicoptor parent. Obviously, addressing known safety risks (they had promised to keep the dogs outside for the playdate) is not being a helicoptor parent and LO will not be returning, despite them being DH"s coworkers and our friends. I was attacked viciously by a neighbor's dog as a child and have zero tolerance for risks like that. When we left, their child was on the floor, eating chicken and the dogs were again growling and jostling for pieces because they hadn't been fed on time and it was now several hours after their normal feed time.

People need to adjust their expectations of what actual helicoptor parenting is and understand it harms the child, stunting their development.. preventing a mauling isn't that. [/quote]

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