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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think some of the people crying helicopter don't have kids.

Also, agree with the poster who said the novelty wears off of being so independent. In fact, I've seen time and time again where students with those 'hands off' parents end up relying on their friends' parents for advice and support and help. If you're proud to be that parent that's MIA while your kid bonds with/relies on another adult your age, good for you....I question your values and mental health.[/quote]

Why can't you understand that there's middle ground? You can raise independent kids with love and compassion, without going MIA. It's not one or the other. [/quote]

[b][i]A lot of trolls on this (and all DCUM) thread.[/i][/b]

My 25 year old still calls and asks me for advice when things get rough. I helped her rewrite her resume, and helped her find a new job. I'd help a friend too. You love your kids and want to help them out when they need it. I'd call my 25 year old very independent, yet when she needs something I can provide, she asks for it, and she gets it. Not $$ BTW, just love and advice and support. [/quote]

Ditto to bolded and everything else. For some reason this thread brought all the judgmental crazies out. It’s really unfortunate because I’m sure a lot of parents and college bound kids could have benefited from more advice less judgmental bickering.

Why aren’t you holier than thou posters posting on the roommate thread? Not a single person has commented that the mom shouldn’t even worrying about whether the kid gets a roommate or not. Curious.[/quote]

The OP's crazy, over the top tone, honestly. It's her excitement about what should really be her kids' lives at this point I think that gets people roiled up. So much living vicariously through children, which is not healthy for anybody. [/quote]

As someone said earlier in this thread, one could argue that ANY parent on this board is too involved in “what should really be her kids’ lives at this point”.  How about you get off the board and this thread and go to all those wonderful things a non-helicopter parent should be doing? otherwise pot meet kettle. [/quote]

This times a million.

And this is how you know it's all trolls saying this stuff. I said upthread that I'm sure they mostly don't have kids and I stand by that.[/quote]

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