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How Helicopter Parenting Affect Children as They Grow Up
Helicopter parents tend to take up too much responsibility mainly for the
children’s success or failure. Helicopter parenting is considered as the parent’s involvement
in the Childs life in a manner that is over protecting, over controlling and over perfecting.
Helicopter parenting is not restricted to a certain age, for example, early adolescence or
childhood; instead, it can be applied at any age. For example, in the case of the toddlers, the
helicopter parent may often shadow the child, and always directing the child’s behavior thus
not allowing the child to have some personal time (Schiffrin & Holly p550). While in
elementary schools, a helicopter parent can be revealed through the parent ensuring that his
or her child is assigned to a specific coach or teacher and that they are performing in an
expected manner. The parent may even go ahead to choose the kind of friends the child
should be involved or relate with. This study aims to discuss how helicopter parenting affects
the children as they grow up.
Factors contributing to helicopter parenting:
Fear of dire consequences:
The parent may develop the fear of experiencing certain consequence's that occur
due to the Childs failure to achieve success in certain areas that could have easily been
avoided or prevented through the parent's involvement. For example, attaining a low

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academic grade or not qualifying for a certain employment opportunity. To avoid the shame
brought about by the child’s failure, the parents decided to take total control of the child’s life
to ensure that each activity done by the child is closely monitored. Parent’s involvement
helps to minimize the chances of the child’s failure or the consequences involved. The
parents also decide to introduce the parenting system due to the fear of what other parents
will say if in case their child fails
The parents feeling of anxiety:
In various instances, the parents tend to worry about the changing job market and
the highly developing global economy. This fear motivates the parents to try to initiate more
control over their children’s development life. Their intention of taking over the control of
the child’s life is to ensure that he or she has the adequate skills needed to fit in the
developing world, for example, the child can get good grades that which earns him a go...