The Golden Rule and Helicopter Parents at the Dinner Table
I’ve just started hearing about “helicopter parents.” A new term, maybe, but certainly not a new phenomenon. The tendency of modern parents to hover is especially manifested at feeding time.
Driven by fear, overbearing, over involved, fussy, these anxious parents worry out loud and take on responsibilities that don’t belong to them in attempting to make things perfect in their children’s lives, from eating to education.
“Feeding is a metaphor for the parent-child relationship overall,” writes Ellyn Satter, author of How to Get Your Kid to Eat… But Not Too Much. “Parents will probably treat a child in other areas the way they learn to treat her in feeding.”
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