Helicopter Parents Quotes
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“Helicopter parents. Before I started at Pirriwee Public, I thought it was an exaggeration, this thing about parents being overly involved with their kids. I mean, my mum and dad loved me, they were, like, interested in me when I was growing up in the nineties, but they weren't, like, obsessed with me.”
― Big Little Lies
― Big Little Lies
“Children are not born for the benefit of their parents, neither are they the property of their family. Children belong to the future.”
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“Some kids tell me their parents are never at home. How I wish. I never have a minute to myself, except in my room. Our back yard is no escape. Every time I sit by the pool, Mom is at the kitchen window doing this and that. Always watching.”
― Zonked Out: The Teen Psychologist of San Marcos Who Killed Her Santa Claus and Found the Blue-Black Edge of the Love Universe
― Zonked Out: The Teen Psychologist of San Marcos Who Killed Her Santa Claus and Found the Blue-Black Edge of the Love Universe
“The one to whom nothing was refused, whose tears were always wiped away by an anxious mother, will not abide being offended.
—De Ira 2.21.6”
― Dying Every Day: Seneca at the Court of Nero
—De Ira 2.21.6”
― Dying Every Day: Seneca at the Court of Nero
“There is literally no way to prepare for parenthood. You can read all the books and make a schedule and love that little person more than you ever thought possible, but being a parent will still gut you. Your kid will say they hate you, they’ll projectile vomit in your face, they’ll have friends you don’t like or they won’t have enough friends and you’ll worry. You’ll never be sure if you should push them harder or whether you need to back off. You won’t know whether to follow your instincts or do what everyone else is doing. You will never be fully relaxed again.”
― Last Summer at the Golden Hotel
― Last Summer at the Golden Hotel
“The attempt to prevent our kids from struggling for fear it might scar their permanent records is, instead, scarring them for life.”
― Elijah & the SAT: Reflections on a hairy old desert prophet and the benchmarking of our children's lives
― Elijah & the SAT: Reflections on a hairy old desert prophet and the benchmarking of our children's lives
“If we give our children everything, we deprive them of aspirations.”
― Listen to Your Conscience: That's Why You Have One
― Listen to Your Conscience: That's Why You Have One
“You'll never have to worry about dying.
You do realize that sound like the world's most insane helicopter parent right now?”
― Interview with the Robot
You do realize that sound like the world's most insane helicopter parent right now?”
― Interview with the Robot
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