Comments on: Move Over Helicopter Parents, Slacker Parents are Coming

By: Ypulse Essentials: From 'Trophy Kids' To 'Slacker Parents,' Laughing At Current TV, Christian Reality TV | Tween Girls On Line Magazine

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 07:18:26 +0000

[...] Kids (at work who are somehow morphing into "slacker parents" – so many labels….) (WSJ) [...]

By: Ypulse Essentials: From 'Trophy Kids' To 'Slacker Parents,' Laughing At Current TV, Christian Reality TV | Ypulse

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 19:48:08 +0000

[...] Kids (at work who are somehow morphing into "slacker parents" – so many labels….) (WSJ) [...]

By: GenX Parent

GenX Parent — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 19:00:45 +0000

There’s a false assumption here, the helicopter parents aren’t Gen X, they’re the tail end of the boomers. Gen Xers are more likely to be laid back in their parenting and realize that kids need to stand on their own. Most of the Xers I know are recent parents and don’t get the frenzy with which the boomers have treated their kids like delicate flowers. To be honest, I think we’re in store for a generation of sane 30 something parents followed by another generation of parents who want all kids to have a trophy again.