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How to avoid helicopter parenting
As parents, we have to look at our children now and how they should be as adults. Getting them from children to adulthood involves suffering for both child and parent.
This means allowing children to struggle.
- Allow them to be disappointed and help them to work through failure.
- Let your children do the tasks they're physically and mentally capable of, even if they battle at first.
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Effects of helicopter parents
Many helicopter parents have good intentions, but when parenting is governed by fear, it's hard to see all the things kids can learn without help.
Failure and difficulties teach kids new skills. However, when we overprotect children,
- it decreases
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The helicopter parent
Helicopter parents may be involved in a child's life that is over-managing and overprotecting.
- In toddlerhood, a helicopter parent might constantly hover over the child, always directing his play and behaviour.
- In elementary school, they may ...
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Being involved without smothering your kids
In Dr Haim Ginott's book Parents & Teenagers, teenagers used helicopter parenting to describe how their parents hovered over them like helicopters.
Helicopter parenting refers to a type of parents who are overly focused on their children. They usually take excessi...
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Why parents hover
- Fear of consequences. Parents might worry that their child may receive a low grade or get rejected from the sports team. Most of these consequences, such as unhappiness, effort or hard work, are not life-threatening.
- Feelings of anxiety. Concern abou...
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Tips for Deschooling
Deschooling will only be beneficial for your child if they perceive it as a positive experience.
- Praise your child when they show interest in something new or learn something independently.
- Create a close bond with your child. Encourage them to speak openly.
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