Let me give you a piece of my mind Only I can control your Children...NOT YOU!! link: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/lifestyle/209473_copterparents.html
Bah. I'd rather be a helicopter parent than the ignorant parent of some crack-smoking, gun-toting, 13 year old baby daddy.
Well, both my brother and I are in that set, and we did OK. Folks never forced us into sports or music or anything. Unfortunately, many of my peers are not so lucky. I've assisted two Freshmen Orientations for my college, and it was terrifying. The bizarre thing was that a lot of them seemed to be confused by it too - their parents were buzzing around them like flies, forcing themselves into everything, and the kids just sat there looking apologetic. When I tried to diagnose their computer issues, I'd talk to the kids, and then the parents would just push in and take over. Fuck, one of them insisted that I take a box of chocolate covered Macadamia nuts (which I'm not a fan of) as payment. She forced the box on me, all while her daughter looked mortified. There's a difference between giving your children what you didn't have and giving your children that which they don't need.