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About that first example... showing up at your child's bedside when they're in hospital doesn't sound particularly helicopter-y. If the child was low-key sick,
by kemayo 10y ago
About that first example... showing up at your child's bedside when they're in hospital doesn't sound particularly helicopter-y.
If the child was low-key sick, sure, that'd be silly -- a stomach bug or flu keeping you in bed for the weekend doesn't warrant cross-country flights. But a drug overdose? That's a serious health issue.
- fhood 10y agoI'm with you. If a kid has to go to the hospital from a drug overdose, I hope their parent cares enough to go an support them.
- jandrese 10y agoMore to the point, someone who just ODed on drugs might very well need some therapy or even an intervention. The hospital is just going to toss him out on the street once he can walk on his own again and whomever his friends are at school they probably aren't helping. If the parent doesn't go over there and intervene there is a very high chance he will end up in the hospital or the morgue shortly afterward.