Helicopter Parents

Life seemed a bit simpler when I was a child when it came to playing games.  I grew up playing Chutes and Ladders with my grandma.  I played solitaire with my mother and by myself for hours.  Remember the card game “War”?  I would play that game for hours with …

I am a father that is very much in favor of disciplining my children.  Children need discipline for a variety of reasons but the obvious one is to let them know there are consequences for their actions.  When I was younger I was provided with quite a bit of discipline.  …

As I have reached and traveled through my 30’s time has sped up.  My parents used to say how fast time flies by and they weren’t kidding.  It’s as if I didn’t notice until I had children and once I did I starting wondering how I could slow time down.  All parents reflect on …

It’s funny that every day I seem to see something in the news on in a blog that has to do with a parent being an over achiever.  Yes that’s right, an over achiever.  The hot words or phrases in the news continue to be how helicopter parents, over protective …

While looking through search results on the internet to see what other information was available on overprotective parents I came across the term, “Helicopter Parents”. With further investigation I determined this term or phrase was a derogatory description of parents who paid extremely close attention to the experiences and problems …