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> The stereotypical American helicopter-parent/soccer-mom can be viewed as a direct result of poor zoning practices & the resulting suburban sprawl. Is there a
by cscurmudgeon 4y ago
> The stereotypical American helicopter-parent/soccer-mom can be viewed as a direct result of poor zoning practices & the resulting suburban sprawl.
Is there any evidence for that? Because, every new HN thread seems to attack suburban "sprawl".
The reasoning seems plausible but I can also present plausible reasoning that goes the other way.
- katbyte 4y ago99pi did a podcast on it sorta: https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/first-errand/ https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/first-errand/ American vs Japanese views towards this.
- fallingknife 4y agoIt's not the reason. You see the same things in neighborhoods where you can walk places. And suburban sprawl was just as much a thing 30 years ago. It's an excuse that suburban parents use for their helicopter parenting, which is entirely anxiety driven.
- odessacubbage 4y agoit is highly specious reasoning at best especially when you consider that the advent of helicopter parenting and the boom of suburban development/white flight/etc are separated by decades. i would say the stranger danger panic of the 80s, 90s crime wave and columbine all served as cumulative frog boiling for children's autonomy.