Helicopter parents who overly interfere in their children's lives
It is natural for parents to protect their children with the hope that their children will be well.
However, some parents say that they tend to over-protect their children, as the word "superfluous" suggests, that they will interfere with every step of the way.
No matter how big your love for children is, protecting and protecting your children too much can have a profound effect on your children. If you feel that you have this tendency, you may be considered a so-called "helicopter parent".
What are helicopter parents?
The term helicopter parent was first mentioned in the book "Parents and Adolescents" written by Dr. Himgilnot.
It is a word that tells the parents that the youths appearing in the book go around like a helicopter.
Dr. Carolyn Daitz expressed the helicopter parents using a simpler term: parents who overprotect their children.
Explaining that these parents are overly accountable for their children's experiences, and especially for their children's achievements or failures. The term has gained popularity and has been registered in formal terms in advance in 2011.
This kind of parenting is common in the United States. A survey found that 38 percent of first-year American high school students and 29 percent of fourth-grade students had "very often" or "occasionally" intervened in solving problems on their behalf.
In a 2013 survey, helicopter parents were found to be middle-class or higher income earners with a higher education level and were found to share social and financial assets with their already-grown children.
Psychologist Dr Dunnworld said that the parenting method of helicopter parents could start regardless of the child's age.
He said that when helicopter parents were babies, they went everywhere the child goes, always playing near with the child, fixing the behavior, and giving the child no time to be alone. He also added that these parenting methods can continue to grow when a child grows up and becomes old enough to get a job.
However, many of these parents justify their actions as over-protection of the child would only provide a thorough preparation before the child goes to the real world, and this tendency is even worse.
As a result, there is a saying that the millennial generations have been the generation that has been the most protected and growing in history, and in the worst of these cases, they can cook alone, do not clean themselves or do their own laundry themselves, In some cases, even the small decisions that have to be made are acted by the parents.
So why do helicopter parents exist?
If you are a parent with children, do not the things listed above resemble your own parenting methods?
If so, you may want to consider changing your method of child care before it's too late. In addition to these, there are the following things that indicate that you are a helicopter parent:
* Try to solve your child's problem instead.
* Replaces your child's homework.
* Let your children not touch their housework.
* Protect children from failure.
• Prevent children from solving their own problems.
* Do not make decisions on your own, no matter how old your child is.
Parents, on the other hand, have this tendency because they love their children and they want to do everything for their children.
There are several reasons why helicopter parents become helicopter parents. Common reasons include:
One thing is to be afraid of your children failing. Dr. Deborah Gilboa said parents are trying to prevent their children from suffering misfortune and suffering, falling behind and doing the hard work.
On the contrary, these are things that can be taught to children and do not pose a threat to life.
Dr. Deets says worrying about too much anxiety about the future of his or her children gives parents a belief that they can thoroughly exclude their children from being hurt or disappointed.
Excessive attention and surveillance. Parents who have grown up without sufficient care, love, and affection from childhood tend to overdo their children's affection that they did not receive. It begins with a desire to meet the deficits that he had in his days of growth.
Influence of different parents. Parents can also be affected by seeing other helicopter parents and change in the same way.
He explains that parents feel they must act the same sometimes when they see other parents who over-protect their children or have a helicopter-based approach.
Parents had the idea that if they were not deeply involved in their children's life they would not be good parents.
How Helicopter Parenting Affects Children
Parents want their children to be well. Actively participating in child care has a positive impact on children, such as improving their love, acceptance, and self-confidence. But as parents are involved in the lives of their children and their children, their children judge what they really want I lose my judgment.
As a result, children who have been raised by parents who overprotect their children may have the following consequences:
Low self-esteem and confidence
Inadequate problem-solving ability / poor ability to deal with difficulties in life
And feel anxious about always asking parents first before making anxiety and decision
Privileged consciousness
Lack of knowledge about basic skills needed for living (cooking, ironing, cleaning your own room, etc.)
How to Avoid Helicopter Parenting
You do not want your children to have the same things listed above as they grow.
At the same time, they will not want their children not to receive the love and attention they need from their parents. You do not need to worry. There are many ways to fix helicopter raising methods.
To summarize, you must help your child to be in trouble, sometimes frustrated, and to make himself or herself fail. It is also good to keep things that you can do yourself, both physically and mentally.
Through this, children will be able to grow into self-confident children with confidence that their parents originally aimed for.
