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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The parents are stupid. What's easier, watching your kids at a park, or having to deal with the police?  They should be ashamed of themselves for their lousy parenting. I feel sorry for the kids. The older kid is having to act like a parent and the younger one is being parented by a child.[/quote]

It's called teaching kids responsibility.  All this handholding of kids has led to helpless young adults who can't do anything without their parents.
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My brother is 29, parent of the millenial generation and 12 years younger than me so basically my parents dealt with him way differently than me.  They were helicopter parents with him.  I was a typical 80s free roaming kids.  My brother has been in arrested development, can't figure out how to wash his clothes, make a decent meal, open a checking account, budget, basic in depending living essentials.  It's incredible and sad.  All this handholding does have consequences,[/quote]

My parents always knew where we were, we were heavily supervised, etc.  You know what, I can easily do all those things you describe and more.  Why?  My parents took the time to teach me through parenting.  Those are parenting issues.  You need to teach your kid how to cook, wash clothing, etc.  [b]Saying, hey, I'm not helping you, figure it out so you can learn is lazy parenting.[/quote][/b]

That is what all the helicopters say to justify their coddling actions.  Do you honestly think non-helicopter parents just sit on the coach and say "figure it out!!"    There is a difference between doing things FOR your kids and showing them WHAT to do for themselves.  But helicopters usually don't understand that.  They are too busy doing, doing, doing.  [/quote]

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