'Helicopter parents' hover over kids' job search
Parents - Listen up. Being a helicopter parent is no way to raise a child who is strong, capable, and can make his or her own decisions. I see it in my daughter's elementary school, kids forget their lunch or their homework and run straight to the office to make the phone call and minutes later a parent arrives at school, homework or lunch in hand.
Where are the natural consequences? What are these kids really learning?
I don't know about you but I want my daughter to take responsibility for her actions and deal with the consequences of her mistakes. Fortunately, she is young, and the price tag is small. Forgotten homework is one thing, a forgotten report or presentation for work is another.
Check out this article and let me know what you think!
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15607602/
CHICAGO - Some parents are writing their college-age kids' resumes. Others are acting as their children's "representatives" hounding college career counselors, showing up at job fairs and sometimes going as far as calling employers to ask why their son or daughter didn't get a job.
It's the next phase in helicopter parenting, a term coined for those who have hovered over their children's lives from kindergarten to college. Now they are inserting themselves into their kids' job search - and school officials and employers say it's a problem that may be hampering some young people's careers........
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15607602/
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Where are the natural consequences? What are these kids really learning?
I don't know about you but I want my daughter to take responsibility for her actions and deal with the consequences of her mistakes. Fortunately, she is young, and the price tag is small. Forgotten homework is one thing, a forgotten report or presentation for work is another.
Check out this article and let me know what you think!
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15607602/
CHICAGO - Some parents are writing their college-age kids' resumes. Others are acting as their children's "representatives" hounding college career counselors, showing up at job fairs and sometimes going as far as calling employers to ask why their son or daughter didn't get a job.
It's the next phase in helicopter parenting, a term coined for those who have hovered over their children's lives from kindergarten to college. Now they are inserting themselves into their kids' job search - and school officials and employers say it's a problem that may be hampering some young people's careers........
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15607602/
Read More!
posted by McDougaller at 5:21 PM
