Not sure if it was here or not

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I remember discussing on the internet about how parents are now showing up at their adult children's work. I was thinking it was mentioned in here but can't seem to find it.

Coach I don't recall it brought up here. However, you can relay to your class that you know of one parent who would love to show up at his adult sons job site every day.

Do an internet search on "helicopter parents."

I saw a show, maybe 60 Minutes, about this. It was about kids between the ages of 15-24. They have a name for them.
These are the ones who grew up never having to fend for themselves, everybody gets trophies, mom would call teachers and coaches... When they got into the workforce they have a bad work ethic and no commitment to the company. If they didn't like the boss or the way they were treated they would just quit.

The parents of these young adults would actually call the company to discuss why the child was treated poorly or complain about a bad job review.

I'm with rz. I want to show up at my son's work every day, too.

But I promise to stay on my side of the fence, only exchange pleasantries with The Boss, and buy dinner.

I would bet money that I saw something on here about it. Maybe I was wrong.

RJM I did a search and came up with few more articles that are helpful.

filsfan the 60 minutes show sounds pretty familiar but I may have seen it somewhere other than here.

I don't want this thread to end up a nothing wrong or it's destroying society topic. I have my opinions but I am going to keep them to myself until I get back to class next week.

Thanks again guys.

Parent attends class with his son.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlVDGmjz7eM&feature=related

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I don't want this thread to end up a nothing wrong or it's destroying society topic. I have my opinions but I am going to keep them to myself until I get back to class next week.

The end result is fairly obvious. With equal potential the kid who was taught to be mentally tough and stand for himself will go further than the kid who had his hand held and his battles fought for him. A mentally tough person with less potential might go further on street smarts and savvy.

Is this it Coach?

http://hsbaseballweb.com/eve/forums?q=Y&a=tpc&f=6616002781&m=6331012972

http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/family/02/04/hm.helicopter.parents/index.html

That is it iheartbaseball - thanks a bunch. Not sure how I missed it but then again I'm not the most observant guy in the world.

Oldslugger that is a great movie - I love it and that's a great scene.

I think perhaps there's been a couple of threads dealing with this subject.

There was a very funny episode of "Everybody Loves Raymond" where his mom shows up at the FBI to ask them not to hire him... then I believe she returns to ask them to do so after the son finds out". It was hilarious!

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I'm not the most observant guy in the world

Here you go coach...this may help.



Just turn out the lights and lock it up when you're done and have it in my drive by morning.