“Hyper-parents can
make college aged children depressed-study” (http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/13/us-parents-students-idUSBRE91C18520130213).
A researcher, “Holly
Schiffrin from the University of Mary Washington in Virginia found so-called
helicopter parenting negatively affected college students by undermining their
need to feel autonomous and competent”.
There seems to be a lot expected of parents in today’s
educational environment; fundraising, sports, room parent, bank account, hotel,
etc. However, are there things we could be doing to empower our children and
make them more independent and secure in the world?
This is not an agree or disagree, just food for thought and
discussion.
What do you think?
Dr Flavius A
B Akerele III
The ETeam
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