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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t associate helicopter parenting with the boomers at all. My boomer parents, and those of every childhood friend I can think
of, were quite the opposite.[/quote]

I do associate baby boomer parents with heavily researching pregnancy and childbirth;; being very involved in preschool selection and schools and clubs and being helicopter parents.

What to Expect When You're Expecting was first published in 1984.  The typical 24-30 year old parents would have been born in 1954 to 1960 ... Baby Boomers were born between 1944 and 1964 so this book was influential for the later Baby Boomers and is typical of what they read.  Ferber's book "Solve Your Child's Sleep Problem" came out in 1985.  These were huge books for Boomers and typical of their being very involved with every detail of their baby's lives.

My parents were whatever the generation before Boomers was (Lost? Silent?) and I'm an older GenX.  I guarantee you Mom and Dad didn't read any books about pregnancy or how to get kids to fall asleep.  They just did what they wanted or what their one doctor said (no doctor shopping). They did not research preschools.  You went to the preschool that was closest if you went at all, and the public school that was nearest your house.  [/quote]

I’m biased, but that was their equivalent to social media posing. My negligent/narcissist mother researched over ten schools before enrolling me.

P.s.:There were also good parents, of course![/quote]

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