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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I didn't read all of this - but what a big, dangerous generalization.  I have seen firsthand a lot of pain and mental illness as the result of helicopter parenting - the result being depressed, anxious and unable-to-function and support themselves adults living at home, in therapy and unable to hold a job in their 20s.  Parents terrified to push any longer because of their mental states  You see what you want to see.  What I am describing is common outcome even among the most well-meaning parents.[/quote]

There is a big difference between pushing a kid who doesn’t have the build or brains to excel and getting the kid some extra lessons to make an upper level orchestra or swim team in college. Getting to that next level may have had the same college outcome but the OP feels remorse at not have tried.

DH and I are average build but both test well, did well academically and attended ivy schools. Our kids do well academically with very slight pushing from us. Yes, I will kick my kid off fort nite when he has homework or a test the next day.

My one son LOVES basketball. Dh and I don’t know much about basketball but we do know that our kid won’t be making the high school basketball team with just rec basketball. He is currently trying out for AAU teams. If I didn’t know better, DS could have just played on his rec team, continued playing basketball at the school playground and not made the high school team. I don’t think any of this is helicopter parenting. It is providing kids with the right supports to do their best.[/quote]

Your kid won’t make high school team full stop [/quote]

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