>> is one of those so-called “boomerangs.”
I wonder how many of these “boomerang” kids is the product of “helicopter” parenting? Helicopter parents seem to produce the most infantile, parasitic children I’ve ever seen.
I wonder how many of these “boomerang” kids is the product of “helicopter” parenting? Helicopter parents seem to produce the most infantile, parasitic children I’ve ever seen.
I agree, it does seem that plenty of parents don’t make that occasional personal time with the kids that they should be. But then again, it isn’t surprising that we also seem to see an upswing in kids with poorly developed social skills at the same time.
But I will tell you that, at least in the case of some of the great Graduate Schools, it is pretty hard to get in (high test scores and high GPA) so there will be plenty of fairly decent Joes and Janes who won’t immediately make it in there. I was one of those a few years ago.
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it’s a lack of jobs hello
I hate to burst your bubble, but my wife and I were the dreaded helicopter parents while our daughter was growing up. She was #3 in her HS class and missed the top 10 at TAMU by .05. My wife and I decided to have wife at home when our daughter was six months old. That did not matter even though my wife made almost twice my salary. That was the best decision we ever made. Dauther is now a very conservative, working member of society.
There are certainly plenty of infantile “children” now, some of them are forty years old! I thought I had it really tough growing up on the farm and I did in a way. I missed out on all the things that the kids who lived in town took for granted but I also learned how to make it on my own, I learned to enjoy going out and doing a job from scratch to finish by myself as a twelve year old. There was a real satisfaction in looking at the result and realizing I could do things without help if I had to. I learned to figure out things that most have to be taught by others.