Over Involved Parents

Over Involved Parents

Amberlin Rudnicki

       Colleges are worried about helicopter parents because there has been an increase in parent attendance to orientations. Most of the orientations are for students only and parents still come. Parents have started to fill out registrations for students without the student even being there. Colleges have attempted to distract parents from student orientations. Colleges have started a program by itself to answer calls, emails and questions of JUST parents and not even the students. Some students are thankful for their parent’s help while others wish to be left alone to get the experience of college by themselves. Most of the parents do this to help their child succeed and let the child know that their not alone.

       Colleges are doing this so the students may have the experience of college and so the STUDENT will have the major, degrees, and business associates, Etc. that THEY want not what the parents want. The students would benefit from this because it lets them figure out how to live on their own and so that they may have a growing and learning experience.

       My parents will try their best to help me as much as they can but will not hover over me and take away the experience. They will let me find my own way but will still be there if I get “lost”.

       In my opinion I think Parents should try their best to help their child succeed but not fill out their application for without them. I think parents should always be there for their child but let them have the experience of going to college and learning how to be on their own. If parents would help their child keep a safe distances but let them know they “got their backs” that would let the student have the best chance of succeeding in college.

       In conclusion colleges are trying to prevent helicopter parents, the colleges are doing his so the students may better succeed, it would benefit from this, my parents would be helicopters, and I think parents shouldn’t helicopter but still try to make sure their child succeeds.