Reply to "Helicopter Parents - from a college dean"

Go44dad10,000+ posts

Originally Posted by SluggerDad:

Originally Posted by 2020dad:

I'm just skeptical anytime anybody yells crisis, then backs it up with anecdotal third party stories. It's easy to be a pessimist. The media loves stories about how bad things are now, and how good things used to be. So helicopter parents are ruining a generation? Who's to say the current generation of kids aren't the happiest ever?

As the Rolling Stones said, "Hey! You! Get off of my cloud!"

10/23/155:13 PM

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