Comments on: Helicopter Parents Raise Kids Who Cannot Fly Alone https://3boysandadog.com/helicopter-parents-raise-kids-who-cannot-fly-alone/ Homemaking & Homeschooling Tips for Busy Folks Tue, 18 Mar 2025 13:53:47 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.7 By: Kelli https://3boysandadog.com/helicopter-parents-raise-kids-who-cannot-fly-alone/#comment-125088 Mon, 02 Apr 2012 20:06:02 +0000 https://3boysandadog.com/?p=22680#comment-125088 In reply to Lisa.

Lisa, by what you just said and comparing it to what Mary Jo Rapini said, I do not consider you a helicopter parent!

You do allow them to fail, you do allow them to test themselves, you do allow them out of your sight. T me you are just a GREAT parent! You have not crossed that “fine line” Mary Jo talks about in the guest post. 🙂

]]> By: Lisa https://3boysandadog.com/helicopter-parents-raise-kids-who-cannot-fly-alone/#comment-125045 Mon, 02 Apr 2012 04:59:11 +0000 https://3boysandadog.com/?p=22680#comment-125045 I will admit my husband and I are “helicopter parents”. We areChristian parents of six children and our oldest is 18. We run a tight ship.

Provers 17:25 says “A foolish son brings grief to his father and bitterness to the one who bore him.”

Let’s face it children/teens are foolish. They need to be overseen. Not in a smothering way but they should not be left to their own devices.

We believe children do need to be allowed situations to discover and put our training to the test. Our feeling is that the situations should be introduced as the child shows they are ready to experience them. This allows for open ended discussions about what they learned, saw or experienced.

We feel that our purpose here is to oversee and guide our children until they are ready to leave the nest. Our children are not allowed to just walk out of the door and disappear. We need to know who, what and/or where.

Just my two cents – can’t wait to see what others think.

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