10 Signs you are a Helicopter Parent to your Teens
1. Under no circumstances will you ever turn off your cell phone, unless all your kids are with you. It doesn't matter how old they are or where you are.
2. Your teens are away in college yet you still speak to them every day, often multiple times.
3. You have many of your teen's teachers or professor's on speed dial.
4. If you are out and realize you left your cell phone behind, you panic and hyperventilate and run home immediately before, heaven forbid, you miss a call from your teens.
5. When you are out with friends on a Saturday night, you will inevitably get at least one call from each of your teens.
6. You know your teen's school schedule and when every test and paper are due better than they do.
7. You filled out your teen's college application and essay and had the most say in which college they chose to attend.
8. You have more contact with your teen's guidance counselor than they do.
9. You are a loving, caring parent trying to help your child.
10. You are helping your teen so much that they aren't learning how to make decisions, remember due dates, fend for themselves or do anything on their on.
That is the sad thing about helicopter parents, they love their kids so much that they are overprotecting them and are hindering them from becoming adults.
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