Helicopter Mom

Before I had a kid, I thought most moms were too overprotective about their kids. As an aunt, I threw my nephew Charlie up and around and he loved it. With Vivien, I am way more uptight. But I'm trying to be cognizant of not allowing her to get dramatic about her falls and trying not to interfere if she and another kid get in a tussle.

I know I got bloodied and bruised when I was kid. It was great to get my mom to kiss it and make it feel better and then go back to playing. You don't want a wimpy crybaby kid, right? Well, maybe not. There is a new book Nation of Wimps that says too often parents are overprotective to a fault. How do you keep your kid from being a wimp?

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[HelenaKoonings]

Haha, that's how I was parented! GO PLAY OUTSIDE AND DON'T COME BACK TILL THE STREETLAMPS ARE TURNED ON.

[veson231]

True, these days they're bubble wrapping EVRYTHING and kids have absolutley NO experences with anything, when I was a kid, we rode in the beds of pickup trucks and no one cared.

[hardworkinwoman]

I can see someone that had a preemie telling people not to come over due to any cold symptoms.. other than that, yeah it would make no sense

[hardworkinwoman]

AWESOME VID!

[waivedwench]

Right on, coolmom!! My mother had the same attitude as you to parenting and-surprise, surprise!!-I turned out just fine!! I am a teacher and I see the results of helicopter parenting on a regular basis and it is not pretty!!

[ghjiop23]

"Get out come back when it;s dark"

If my parents said that I wouldn't be addicted this this computer.

[hkfan1980]

I don't get parents now :( someone said that if a kid falls off a bike and you run to the kid crying and hugging him/her you're making the child believe the bike fall was survivng a horrible accident. When I was a kid it was like"You broke anything? No then stick a bandage on it " XD

[prplhze2000]

Damn. Sh'e's hot.

[rainbowmuppet]

that's what my mom did when my brother and I were little! We had a huge yard and woods and an awesome playset at our old house...in the summer, she would do that.

[DartmouthAlum96]

If you don't have your child in a biohazard suit at a private school with teachers who are paid to inflate Ivy-League-geared grades, all the while giving your child a trophy for all of her/his accomplishments and adorning the refigerator with all of her/his artwork and straight A+++ report cards, not to mention 2100 SAT scores because you threatened to sue The College Board if little Jen/Justin didn't receive extra time (after all, s/he's anxious about tests)...then you're a negligent parent.