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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 658836" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>Helicopter parents put too much effort into hovering over every little detail of what their children are doing. I'm going to guess that if you had been expected to do what you did around the house with your father breathing down your neck all the time, it wouldn't have been nearly so successful.</p><p></p><p>You were given SPACE and TIME, in addition to instruction. You were allowed to fail (within reason). Helicopter parents do not allow failure to happen - which means the kids never get SPACE and TIME to figure things out for themselves.</p><p> </p><p>At 16, I ran half the household - mom was ill. Grocery shopping - handed a wad of cash, a list, and keys to the car. <strong><em>And no parent breathing down my neck about it</em></strong>.</p><p></p><p>The stuff where they DID breath down my neck (like cooking), I'm still not very good at.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 658836, member: 11791"] Helicopter parents put too much effort into hovering over every little detail of what their children are doing. I'm going to guess that if you had been expected to do what you did around the house with your father breathing down your neck all the time, it wouldn't have been nearly so successful. You were given SPACE and TIME, in addition to instruction. You were allowed to fail (within reason). Helicopter parents do not allow failure to happen - which means the kids never get SPACE and TIME to figure things out for themselves. At 16, I ran half the household - mom was ill. Grocery shopping - handed a wad of cash, a list, and keys to the car. [B][I]And no parent breathing down my neck about it[/I][/B]. The stuff where they DID breath down my neck (like cooking), I'm still not very good at. [/QUOTE]
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