“Trapped Under the Chopper: 40 Adults Reveal the Dark Truths of Growing Up with Helicopter Parents”
We’re actually good now. I think once I went to college and then subsequently dropped out and took a couple years off, they realized the hyper-attentiveness wasn’t what I needed and only made me pull away more. Additionally, it probably helped that they saw me go through relatively difficult situations entirely on my own.
There’s a mutual respect now, ease of communication, and just general comfort I never knew growing up.
All that being said, I would never recommend parents of high school children act like mine did. If you want your children to trust you and be honest, you need to show them that you are willing to trust them. Also, my parents were f*****g letting me run around alone through the city for most of my youth and so the sudden dictatorial behavior was super startling and made me rebel more.
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#15
My parents weren’t. But a friend moved to a different state and got engaged and my friend’s mom still managed to be a helicopter parent. Visiting at least 3 times a month and contacting either her or her SO constantly. It ruined the engagement because the SO finally had enough because even though my friend was annoyed with her mom as well, she couldn’t cut her mom off completely… Idk all the details but it must have been superrr annoying if someone was like “I love you, but f**k having in-laws like this.” She is now single and has moved back home. It’s unfortunate…
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#16
My parents weren’t *that* bad, but they were quite over-protective. After I turned 21, I still wasn’t allowed out after dark and all that jazz. Had to let them know where I was going and who I was seeing in case I was murdered. What I did was move to another continent. I talk to them every couple of weeks over Whatsapp voice chat. They try and tell me what to do sometimes and I’m just like “ok” and don’t do it.
