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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yeah... you know what? 
I'm a little tired of people criticizing helicopter parents.

We all do what we think is best for our families. I don't think being close-knit and seeking family togetherness is inherently bad, quite the contrary. I speak as a member of an international family whose relatives are scattered all over the world.

If I thought doing something "non-traditional" for my family was helpful, or if it made me very happy and I could afford it... heck yes, I'd do it!

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Yes I agree!

What’s wrong with caring about your child’s future? [/quote]

[b]Caring about your child’s future means letting go.  [/b]That means no weekend visits for starters.  Omg, you only see them during parent’s weekend, then at fall break, then at Thanksgiving, then for an entire month during Christmas.  His will my delicate little teacup survive without me for 4-6 week intervals?

There are some cray cray parents in the DMV, that’s for sure. [/quote]

It does? I can tell you that my friends/family in the midwestern state I grew up in do the same things as DMV people, first. Second, visiting and talking to your kid isn't not "letting go."

Are you always so binary and simple? ANd do you always feel the need to tell other people how to live their lives?[/quote]

NP I am from a Midwestern state too and I call total BS on this. Culturally this sort of over involvement is just not done unless you happen to be from a smaller, traditionally more protective community (Jewish, etc). Thats the only place you’d possibly find it. [/quote]

I dgaf what you call BS on. And not sure why you cannot fathom that people have different experiences than you do.

Lot of friends/family are very involved in their kid's lives, in college and beyond, outside the DMV. And in my home state specifically. I know a family (my friends from HS) where the dad still pays his adult daughter's car insurance.

So your BS-o-meter needs recalibration. [/quote]

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