In the news: Helicopter Parents

What's a Helicopter Parent? Are you one? Is that bad?

Copter parents: Buzz off
There was once a freshman college student who could not find her classroom. So she fired up her cell phone and called her mom. Mom, miles away, called the college, retrieved the necessary information, then rang her daughter. Classroom found, problem solved. full article

Mommy, please tell my professor he's not nice
Parents of University of Florida students log on to their children's personal Gator-Link accounts to check grades, then call deans when they don't like what they see. full article

Baby Boomer 'Helicopter Parents' May Find Sending Kids to College Tough
Psychologists say it's not that bad and neither is empty nest syndrome. full article

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