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How to Lay Low as Helicopter Parents

As your college student is settling into many choices about courses, assignments,
the dorm, are you discovering that extra curricular activities. Be
letting go is more difficult than you supportive, but let them make their own
imagined? Even with the pressures you decisions and then deal with whatever
feel as a member of the Sandwich consequences occur. It's been said
Generation, are you ambivalent about before, but experience is a great
cutting the apron strings? teacher.
You may be stuck in a new phenomenon that 4. Make sure that parents' weekend is on
falls under the colorful moniker, your agenda. It's a natural and positive
Helicopter Parent. If you find yourself means by which to feel reassured that
'hovering' over your kidult, attempting your children are adjusting to their new
to protect him or her from life's ups and home environment.
downs, you fit the description. 5. Resist taking on chores that now
Is it technology - cell phones, email and should fall to your kidults. As much as
instant messaging - as some say, that washing their clothes and cleaning their
keeps parents overly involved, or is rooms have been part of your job
something else at work? Maria worries, description for years, it's now time to
"I'm far too enmeshed with my daughter pass the baton.
and afraid of keeping her closer than is 6. Focus on your kidult's positive
healthy. I'm trying to step back and qualities and think of reasons to support
minimize our contact - for the emotional their unique ideas. Remember that they
growth of both of us." Like Maria, you are learning more about the joys and
can do this, too. responsibilities of independence.
1. If you want information, contact the 7. Take courses so that you have some
parent-relations specialist that many common areas of interest with your
colleges now employ. The telephone children. Or better yet, enroll in the
hotlines and email support services they college classes you want and follow your
provide allow you to stay connected in a own dreams.
healthy way. In the end, having your emerging adult
2. Adjustment to communal living - children be accountable for their own
roommates, dorms, personality differences actions facilitates their personal
- takes time. Be more supportive and development, sense of self-sufficiency
less directive as your sons and daughters and positive self-esteem. Isn't that
learn new problem solving skills. what you really want anyway?
3. Your adult children will be faced with




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