Another national publication has focused on the issue of over-protective parents, aka helicopter parents. The cover story of this week's Time Magazine is The Case Against Over-Parenting.
Some of this over-protectiveness is out of concern for their child's safety and welfare. It is an evil world and we hear daily of children who have been victimized. The Time article also focuses on another root cause for parents to be over-protective. They can't handle their kids failure.
We've heard stories of parents who take it to the extreme when their child fails to make the team or cheerleading squad. I've had college admissions folks tell me that a required skill is the ability to distinguish which admissions essays have been written by someone other than the student applicant. It runs much deeper than this, however.
The Time article reports on one Kansas elementary school that has issued a "no rescue" policy. It was instituted after the principal noticed a table in the office covered with lunch boxes and notebooks brought in my parents whose child had left them behind. "The tipping point," the prinicipal noted, "was when a mom rushed in with a necklace meant to complete her daughters coordinated outfit.
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