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Halfway through this article, they switch from helicopter parenting to authoritative parenting. Authoritative parenting is not helicopter parenting. It's one of
by daveFNbuck 8y ago
Halfway through this article, they switch from helicopter parenting to authoritative parenting. Authoritative parenting is not helicopter parenting. It's one of the three types of parenting listed in intro-level child psychology textbooks, along with authoritarian and permissive. It's the only good one of the three. It's not news that kids who receive the good kind of parenting have an advantage.
I'm not sure that "intensive parenting style" means helicopter parenting either, but I don't think people are generally arguing that helicopter parenting hurts kids' academic performance in high school. The worry is that they'll be deficient in other ways both immediately and later in life.
- Loughla 8y ago>but I don't think people are generally arguing that helicopter parenting hurts kids' academic performance in high school That was one thing about this article that I missed. Literally nothing I've seen talks about how helicopter parenting has a negative effect on academics, just on the social and emotional aspects of a child. Which is the literal opposite of what this article talks about. I firmly believe they used the term helicopter parenting to make a click-baity headline to drive views. I hate it.