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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sending kids to private school and paying for lots of activities isn’t helicopter parenting. [/quote]

I agree and that's my main issue with the (original) article.  Helicoptering is when a parent is overly involved in a child's life, refusing to let the child experience natural, negative consequences for his actions (i.e. complaining to a teacher to change a bad grade), inappropriately advocating on his behalf when he should be speaking up for himself, directing everything from his play time to his social interactions.  [/quote]

Isn't sending a kid to private school kind of the definition of directing a child's social interactions? You are limiting his peer group to a carefully curated group.[/quote].

No.

All parents are involved in children's social interactions to an extent.  They choose extracurriculars and play dates and whether or not to join the Girl Scouts. That doesn't make all parents helicopter parents.  It's about extremes.

People have all kinds of reasons for selecting to private school, from the quality of the instruction to the existence of a religious component, and just the selection of the school doesn't equate to helicopter parenting (although you can certainly find helicopter parents at a private, just as you would at a public).  [/quote]

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