Outlines
Part of your assignment is to describe what helicopter parenting is and to outline some of the attitudes that are presented in the three texts. In what follows, we will look at how each of the texts presents attitudes towards helicopter parenting.
I: “What Is Helicopter Parenting?”
Author: Kate Bayless (Parents Magazine)
Genre: Article
Year of Publication: 2013
Text I was written by Kate Bayless and published in the American magazine Parents in 2013. The text offers a comprehensive explanation of what helicopter parenting is and presents researchers’ attitudes on the topic.
According to the text, helicopter parenting is a term coined in 1969 by Dr. Haim Ginott who used it to describe teenagers’ parents who hover over their children.
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II: “Why the Millennials’ Parents Will Continue to Stay Involved in Their Kids’ Lives at Work ... and Why That’s a Good Thing”
Author: Haydn Shaw (The Huffington Post )
Genre: Article
Year of Publication: 2014
Text II was written by Haydn Shaw and published on the website of The Huffington Post in 2014. The article presents a positive attitude towards parents being more involved in their children’s lives.
The writer acknowledges that helicopter parents who are always present in their children’s lives do not have a good reputation. These parents do their children’s school projects for them and even call and interact with their children’s employers later on in life.
However, as an involved parent himself, he believes that being part of his son’s life is a good thing. He describes the way he helped his son with a job issue and how others might consider that his attitude hinders his son’s independence and resilience.
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III: “Helicopter Parenting Is a Trap. It’s Time to Break Free”
Author: Julie Lythcott-Haims (The Huffington Post )
Genre: Article
Year of Publication: 2015
Text III was written by Julie Lythcott-Haims and published on The Huffington Post website in 2015. The article presents a negative, critical attitude towards helicopter parenting.
The writer argues that while it is good to have involved parents, her experience as a dean at Stanford University has shown her that helicopter parenting has negative consequences for students.
Her experience with students and their helicopter parents has shown her that these students are too reliant on their parents. She praises Baby Boomers who succeeded on their own and reflects whether this achievement-oriented attitude is now being reflected in the way Baby Boomers have become helicopter parents.
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