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Helicopter Parenting 2.0: Hovering around, yet letting the kids take some risks
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The mystery of parenting is that we never know if we are right or wrong until the kids are grown up, says the writer.
ST ILLUSTRATION: CEL GULAPA
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SINGAPORE - Helicopter parenting is a term that describes parents who pay extremely close attention to their child's experiences and problems, particularly in school.
The term was first mentioned by the late best-selling author Haim Ginott in his 1969 book Between Parent And Child. Professor Ginott, who taught at New York University, quotes in his book a teen saying "mother hovers over me like a helicopter".
