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It can go the other way as well. My parents were helicopter parents that thought they were doing their best by shielding me "from the horrors of the world" and
by authoritarian 7y ago
It can go the other way as well. My parents were helicopter parents that thought they were doing their best by shielding me "from the horrors of the world" and I suffer from related anxiety orders and social problems. I would've rather been exposed to more and had the ability to form my own opinions
- daenz 7y agoI'm sure we can agree there is middle ground. I don't think instilling in them that they are just "waiting to die" unless they skip school and march in the streets counts as that middle ground.
- authoritarian 7y agoYes I agree, going to the extreme in either direction is not healthy