All Posts Tagged With: "helicopter parenting"
Even some of the brightest college students lack responsibility
Psychology professor Carol Dweck teaches some of the country’s brightest young adults in her classroom at Stanford University. Great grades, stellar SAT scores and resumes that stand out in a crowd.
They seemingly have it all. But there’s one thing Dweck says many of her young students lack: The ability to take care of themselves once [...]
12May2009 | | 1 comment | Continued
Want to raise responsible children? Try giving them responsibilities
Our goal as parents is to raise children who grow into responsible adults capable of making smart decisions and accepting the consequences for their actions, right?
So isn’t it counterintuitive to attempt to control the lives of our kids, particularly once they become teenagers? I’m pretty sure you know what I’m talking about.
There are the [...]
13Apr2009 | | 3 comments | Continued
A lesson best learned young: Accept responsibility for your actions
There are an awful lot of lessons parents can teach their kids about the faltering economy. Here’s a simple one even a kindergartner can grasp: Accepting responsibility for your actions is good.
Take the case of Hank Greenberg, the former chief executive of American International Group who transformed the company into an insurance giant by casting [...]
6Apr2009 | | 0 comments | Continued
Teaching responsibility one forgotten lunch at a time
Sometimes learning to accept the consequences of your actions can be as simple as a forgotten lunch. Or two forgotten lunches.
In our house, our chidren make their own lunches for school. With baseball’s spring training under way, my son spends more time than usual in the morning with the sports section of the paper and [...]
10Mar2009 | | 0 comments | Continued
Helicopter parents hover too close at their own peril
The term “helicopter parent” hovers over all of us, a dark cloud reminding of what we don’t want to become.
We want to be an involved parent. But when does an involved parent become a helicopter parent who controls every aspect of their child’s life? How do we know if we’re crossing the line? And what can we do to prevent that?
My search for answers led me to Dr. Foster Cline, a psychiatrist and one of the two men who coined the phrase “helicopter parent” back in the mid-1970s in parenting workshops they were leading.
“Sometimes the line between healthy involvement
25Feb2009 | | 5 comments | Continued
