Personal Narrative: Helicopter Parents

I have one older sister, Nancy, and two younger brothers, Sammy and Pedro. My mother was a “helicopter parent”, her reason for being that way was because my sister ran away at the age of 16. When we would question her she would always respond, “ I don’t care about other teenagers, I care about you.” I believe growing up with these types of parents kept us from experiencing our own mistakes. I know my mother had an acceptable reason for her way of being, but it did affect us when we left the house. Sometimes a young adult does not know what to do with so much freedom after not having any.