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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think there's helicopter parents in every generation. My boomer mom for example was a huge helicopter parent and I tend to be the opposite. [/quote]

I think people often parent in the opposite style to how they were raised. My parents were incredibly hands-off (didn’t have any idea where we were or what we were doing between the time we got out of school and the time we had to come for dinner, in the summer we were out and about around the neighborhood all day long w no supervision, etc). I am more helicopter-y w my own kids in terms of keeping a close eye on them and managing their EC schedules/keeping them involved in structured activities because I KNOW what kind of things kids get into when left unsupervised. But I also teach them how to do things on their own, and though I am sensitive and caring to their needs/emotions, I try really hard not to micromanage their every interaction/every situation they’re in like I see some helicopter parents do…

I don’t think this is so much a generational thing as an individual parent personality thing. I am a millennial w almost exclusively millennials as parents in my cohort/friend group and while some are the hovering/coddling type that is by no means the majority.[/quote]

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