There is an idea that's swept across the nation over the past decade and a half that's caused stress and conflict between parents and their children. This idea is called Helicopter parenting. A helicopter parent is defined as "a style of parents who are over focused …show more content…
Ironically, helicopter parenting does more harm than good for the children that are affected by it. Children of helicopter parents often have low self-esteem, feelings of depression and hopelessness, and problems with self-reliance. Helicopter parents aren’t actually helping their children in the long run, even though they think they are. Furthermore, studies have shown that helicopter parents are not just detrimental to their children’s overall academic success; they are also harming their success in the job world. While those who support helicopter-parenting feel that it is a useful style of parenting argue that parents can use to make sure that their children are on the right path, and are going to be successful in life. They argue that while it may encroach on the child’s privacy, for some children it is a necessary sacrifice for their education and overall development. They also argue that the emotional problems that are developed when helicopter parenting is merely a coincidence, since most helicopter parenting is done during the high school to college age, which is a time period during which hormones are surging through the body at breakneck speeds and emotional problems are a common thing; which is a factual observation. Those who support helicopter parenting say that (sometimes) if it weren’t for the helicopter parent hovering, the child wouldn’t have succeeded educationally or socially. While helicopter parenting may have momentary benefits, its long-term effects are