The Artsy Cure

Now that the meaning and implications of Helicopter parenting are established, it is important to get straight to business with regards to preventing it, for it is a silent killer of a child’s individual spirit. You might have come across a couple of parents or a single parent from a couple who may have exhibited this sort of a behaviour; but as observers there is not much that we can do about it (for obvious reasons). It is thus important to attempt psycho-educating helicopter parents and other parents for the good, because hovering around their child is not a mandatory condition for his/her growth and safety, and helicopter parents need to know that; after all, they are humans and they too have a life and they too will someday get exhausted. Here are some tips for transforming from helicopter parenting to healthy parenting: Your child is not a project - Many parents unknowingly objectify their children by thinking of them as “projects”. It doesn’t stop there; parents start to ov...

Parents have been bestowed with the responsibility of looking after their off-spring’s welfare, by the law of nature. This law also indicates letting go of those responsibilities after some point in time during the course of one’s life. Without any disregard to the natural law, a concept has been studied in the field of Psychology and Research about parents’ tendency to overly indulge themselves in their child’s life ; t he term coined for this is Helicopter P arenting . This concept can be better understood as an unwanted and unnecessary intervention probed by parents just to make their child’s life 'simple' , or in some cases to enhance the chances of success for their child. Helicopter parents, also known as cosseting parents , have more than required concerns and interest in their child’s life; be it academics or their child’s love life, helicopter parents want to know it all and need to have a say in it. The term was officially coined by Foster Cline and Jim Fay (1990)....