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We need to quit enabling the helicopters to mistake their over-involved yet dysfunctional parenting for good parenting. It can be as harmful or worse in result for the individual kids as neglectful parenting, and it's sure as heck worse for the rest of us.)[/quote]

Didn't mean to bust up your quote (UGAalum94), but this involvement of helicopter parents in recruitment is only a reflection of what is going on in the working world.

A friend of mine is a newspaper editor in Texas. When we both graduated we were expected to be able to write a story on deadline and if anyone didn't, they were replaced. There was no calling mom/dad saying the boss was being mean or unfair. Had I done so, my mom or dad probably would have asked if I'd lost my mind.

Now, when my editor friend attempts to work with new graduates, some get teary eyed, and she has received some calls from a few parents, wanting to know why she was being so cruel to their child. Another friend has demoted himself out of management, in part, due to helicopter parents.

There was a segment on one of the morning shows on how a Wall Street firm of all places is trying to cope with the helicopter parents of prospective and new employees. They have a parents' day so the parents can feel less stressed and better about their child's work situation.

So, now that I am back in class for grad school, if I don't get what I want, maybe I'll call mom.