The generation currently coming of age, commonly called Gen Y or Millennials, are reported to rely heavily on their parents, even though many of them are out in the workforce, going to grad school or starting families of their own. There are many signs attributed to this close relationship: more kids move back home after college, for instance. But the real phenomenon is the helicopter parents.
Helicopter parents call Junior’s professors to make sure he’s passing his classes, hold his hand through any decision and generally are involved in the lives of their offspring even after the kids move a thousand miles across the country.
The part that I don’t really get is that most of these kids expect this sort of help, and ask their parents to be involved. I mean, what happened to the door slamming, “You don’t understand me”-screaming teenage years? It seems like basic family dynamics are just flat out changing.
I’m glad to see a reduction in familial stresses, though I do wish that I had been part of it. Definitely sounds better than the hours of family therapy we went through. At the same time, though, I question how well the children of helicopter parents will be able to cope with emergencies when Mommy and Daddy aren’t around to hold their hands. What happens when Mom gets old and Junior has to figure out how to take care of her? Is he going to be able to handle it? Or is Junior going to crack under the stress of flying solo?
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