I'm fairly familiar with the term helicopter parenting.

I think there is a lot of baggage that goes

along with the word that though. I'd like to go through what I feel effects of the actuak term are,

and then what I think the connotations are.

Firsty, I agree pretty much entirely with the points made in the video. I think it is so important for

everyone, even children, to feel they have some amount of autonomy and control over their

lives, and when other people have the will and authority to restrict that, I can be very damaging

to the psyche.

I think the other problem with this so called "helicopter parenting" is that it often times has piles

of emotional abuse stacked on top of it. Children who are bwing rased like this are often done

so not just to ensure their safety, but to insure that they will be the best they can be. When the

childrwn don't live up to the parents expectations, or defiantly disobey the order given to them,

the parents often react negatively, bad talkingtheir child or withdrawing their display of love as a

reaction. This can lead children to believe that their parents love is conditional.

This, in turn, can have even more negative effect. The children may becime neurotic

perfectionists, doong whatever they can to keep their parents' approval. Alternately, they may

seek to gain control of the situation by outwardly rejecting their parents' love as well, and

becoming overly rebellious.

Regardleas of if it is the restricting of their freedoms or the child or the emotional abuse that

often comes with it, helicopter parenting is likely to have lasting negative effectd, not only on a

child's relationshio with their parent, but also on the child's abiloty to form trusting relationships

and make ezecutive decisions anonymously.