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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]At our particular school its a game day thing.  No matter where in the US the tournament is - on campus, a short drive , or a plane ride away, the PARENTS -who are located all over the country - are flying in to provide food, meals and snacks and constant support on top of $70,000 tuition (nobody gets money to play, and many athletes are full pay).  AND, this is on top of aggressive team fund raising because none of these teams are fully funded.  It is one thing to gripe about the additional cost - and that’s not my true beef.  My real beef is the high level of helicopter (or perhaps this is more like bulldozer) parent involvement at this stage in life. When you see the “mealtime” interactions it’s just not healthy - the level of dependency is staggering.  It goes way beyond supporting in the stands - it’s helicopter snowflake epitomized. [/quote]

Helicopter parents are a real problem, which is why the coaches I know pay almost as much attention to evaluating the parents as to the student athletes that they are recruiting.  [/quote]

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