Bored Panda has already talked about this contemporary phenomenon more than once or twice, given examples, and compiled collections of strange and rather toxic stories about how parents interfered in the lives of their fully grown-up children. So here is another similar selection for you!
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#1 Yeah Let's Control The Hell Out Of Our Kids So They Don't Become Liberals. Parenting Done Right.
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The very concept of ‘helicopter parenting’ first appeared in 1969, when Dr. Haim Ginott released his bestselling book Between Parent & Teenager. The term refers to overly involved and protective parents who not only actively interfere in all their children’s interactions, but also make decisions for them, try to help them achieve their goals, and remove obstacles in their path: a term that has been especially relevant in the last few decades.
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She was asking if I went out at night and threatened to stop paying for [stuff]. I use a location faker to get around it (spent the night at a guy’s place lol) but it can cause location to be a little glitchy but it works well enough, one time I went on a 3 day trip to another state without her noticing.
Oh yeah she has a tracker on my car too, she is actually insane. I’m an international student and [stuff] is expensive so she pays for a lot of [it] but in exchange I have to follow her insane rules (location tracker on at all times, no going to guys’ houses, no guys allowed at my apartment, not allowed out past 10 and if I do I need to let her know every time, etc.) Which I mean I get it it’s her money but those are insane rules. Why even let me go study in another country if you’re going to be this bitchy about it?
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In fact, 'helicopter parenting' is not nearly as new as it may seem, and there have always been parents who have tried to be excessively involved in the lives of their adult offspring. Moreover, if you look at the traditions of many nations, ‘helicopter parenting’ is much older than the helicopter itself, since it was invented only in the middle of the last century.
From year to year, from century to century, parents actively intervened in the lives of their now-adult children, tried to arrange their personal lives, and gave advice, useful and not so much. And when these kids grew up with their own children, the “baton” passed to a new generation of parents. And this actually continued throughout almost the entire human history.
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However, we are now far from saying that since some phenomenon is old and historical, this by default means it’s good. Probably not. After all, for a long time, the advice of elders on arranging life was based on the fact that this very life process was virtually unchanged. After all, how was the life of the average city dweller, let’s say, in the 14th century different from the same life in the 18th century? The basic principles remained the same.
Today everything is completely different. And the life experience acquired by the older generation often looks not only inappropriate, but sometimes even harmful. And what was previously considered worldly wisdom, passed on from generation to generation (sometimes by force), is nothing more than another example of toxic behavior.
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Well, probably, almost every one of us has encountered examples of ‘helicopter parenting’ from our moms or dads (I am no exception, alas). So now please feel free to scroll and read this list to the very end and try to hold these stories in your memory. At least if you are ever tempted to write something similar to your own adult children. And, of course, any comments will be highly appreciated as well.
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Might not be considered insane compared to what they have done in the past but just wanted to share. FYI, I called her after I finished studying and it was not important lol
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