Wednesday, May 30, 2007
News Feel entitled? Your parents might be the cause
Posted by Alyssa Abkowitz on Wed, May 30, 2007 at 3:16 PM
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution had an interesting article today on parents who micromanage their children's lives -- even after they graduate from college. The article noted:
You might be a "helicopter parent" [super-involved parents of children born between 1982 and 2002] if you ...• Drive your son or daughter to a job interview, then try to sit in on it.
• Reschedule or set up interviews, or inquire about benefits or why your child didn't get the job.
• Show up at any of your son's or daughter's student- or job-related events.
• Camp out in your son's or daughter's dorm room during student orientation week.
• Accompany your child to the registrar's office and select his or her classes.
• Wind up arguing with the registrar about why your daughter can't take an 8 a.m. economics class.
It's a bit extreme, but a totally legitimate concern. CL has written about how the self-esteem that's seemingly made young people more confident and ambitious has crossed over into entitlement. They expect much of life to be handed to them on a silver platter.
But this article suggests it's not entirely the children's fault. Instead, the parents teach children to expect certain jobs and lifestyles. And that might create a generation of young adults who aren't that independent -- and increasingly unhappy because they have unrealistic expectations.
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I'll do you one better! Check out this clip from "Morning Edition" I heard today about today's kids in the workplace. Pampered, indeed! Hilarious... http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10538676
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