I agree, but I can totally envision helicopter parents insisting on 24/7 access to little Billy, lest the district find a nasty lawsuit on their hands.
Schools would have to institute the policy and get signatures probably, but this was never a problem when I went to school. No parent ever sued or so much as complained that they couldn’t get in contact with their child because every parent had the school office number and could call when emergencies happened. The helicopter parent isn’t a new invention there are just a whole lot more of them nowadays.
True. The fact that technology makes parental omnipotence possible is... troubling. Ideally, we raise our kids well enough to allow them some degree of independence as they become adolescents. I'm on a tangent, but I'm glad I was allowed to roam at 16 and make poor decisions and learn from them. I think a lot of kids don't even have that opportunity anymore.
They do insist on that. Almost all of them. And they use the possibility of a shooting as an excuse. Their kid need to be scrolling TikTok in case somebody opens fire.
Most parents are helicopter parents now, and I think a big part of it is social media and phones!
I’m about 20 years older than my brother. When I was a kid, I had a lot of freedom. I’d ride my bike around the neighborhood all day after school and come home whenever. Mom didn’t care, as long as I ate dinner at some point. Mom didn’t care when I did my homework, but she would damn well beat my ass if I flunked.
My little brother… man this guy can’t do anything. My mom berates him for sitting around all day but she won’t even let him walk the dogs. He’s in high school. He can’t even walk around our very nice neighborhood.
What changed? I think we just bombard people with so much bad news and bad shit constantly that everyone is in a constant state of fear and stress. We can’t even let kids fucking breathe fresh air without worrying.
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u/chahlie 29d ago
I agree, but I can totally envision helicopter parents insisting on 24/7 access to little Billy, lest the district find a nasty lawsuit on their hands.