Tag: helicopter parent

Productive, confident adults… that is what we all hope our kids will develop into. There are very specific strategies that increase the odds of making those parental hopes a reality, so let’s dive in.

Communication with Confidence

Empowering children with the skills of effective listening, self-advocacy, standing up for themselves, and the ability to communicate their needs, are some of the critical communication tools they will need from the preschool classroom to the boardroom.

As mothers, we receive plenty of input about what we should be doing, should have done or should do now. Frankly, we should have known better, thought of that before and been one step ahead.

No wonder some of us fall into the dreaded trap of heli-parenting—sticking our nose into our child’s business when it would be best to let them make their own choices and fail if need be.

It has gotten to the point where colleges and universities have found it necessary to bar parents from inserting themselves into the college application process. (We are invited to the financial process, of course.)