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Originally Posted by IUHoosiergirl88
I definitely think part of it is the more ubiquitous nature of online forums, don't get me wrong. I guess I feel like I never knew kids with 'executive functioning disorders' or who really vocalized when they didn't feel like they fit in. Maybe it was a product of my upbringing, but even when I was bullied a a college freshman, I just dealt with it and found a new group of friends. I totally understand the whole having trouble making friends at first, but to as a sophomore or junior have made 0 friends...? It just seems so off
I just feel like the structured nature of helicopter kids makes it so hard for them to learn how to function on their own. When they don't fit in or are struggling with classes, their parents want to come fix it. It completely baffles me!
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You may never have known those kids, but as others have said, they've been around for a long time -- both kids who have a heard time making friends and kids with helicopter parents. (We didn't talk about helicopter parents, of course -- we said that their parents "hovered" or were over-protective or too involved.)
I knew quite a few of both when I was in college 30 years ago -- there's absolutely nothing new about it. What's new are things (like technology) that can have the effect of exacerbating the problems, that can make us more aware of these problems or make them seem more prevalant, or that can give people a "safe environment" to talk personally about these problems and thereby make it seem more acceptable to talk about it elsewhere.