You know those people who are up every teacher’s butt thinking their kid is 2000th percentile and their gifted child deserves special treatment and if the kid scrapes his knee have to take them to the hospital?
My guess is that less than 15% of helicopter parents would ever admit to being helicopter parents.
Over/Under, what do you think?
Good Morning Gloucester 
Under 15%
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I have been an elementary school teacher for 38 years. In the beginning of my career helicopter parents were rare, now they are the norm.
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How about the helicopter parents who go on interviews with their kids? Yikes, awhile ago I was interviewing someone and their reference was their mother. It never happened my house, First of all the kids would never want me to talk to the teacher and second would never have. Kids need to learn that they are accountable for their actions.
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Way under 14%. Actually Helicopter parents would NEVER admit to being that. They just can’t see it, or their children’s faults.
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In my experience as a school administrator, many, many parents are intentional in their choice to be a hovering parent. It is not unusual for those parents to make it well known to teachers and administrators that they intend to watch every move of every individual involved in their child’s education, manage their child’s life, plan their path and reinforce those things in every way possible. That said, those parents love their kids and firmly believe that their actions are done on behalf of their kids’ well-being. I agree with Chris. I believe this on-going trend has significant unfortunate consequences for many kids, particularly for those who begin to believe that they must not be capable if their parents are doing what they are doing.
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Gee, i thought it was the opposite not enough involvement of parents with the children these days like the old days when most parents were involved with PTA and children’s study habits.
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Karen, you are correct that uninvolved parents are also a big issue schools face every day! I love the middle ground where parents and teachers work together to support their kids’ educations, each others’ work as parents and teachers, encourage independence, allow mistakes and reinforce self-responsibility, etc.
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