Author Julie Lythcott-Haims wrote a book titled How to Raise an Adult. In her book, she gives readers a closer look at this parenting style. She also explains why parents should stop it.

　　She experienced the effects of helicopter parenting firsthand when she worked as dean (主任) of first year students at Stanford University. The incoming students were very smart and accomplished on paper. But many were unable to take care of themselves.

　　“They were turning to parents constantly for guidance, for problem solving, to have them make the choice about something.”

　　Lythcott-Haims warns this kind of parenting has many short-term wins but long-term costs that harm the child. She uses an area common to most children – a playground. Lythcott-Haims suggests letting your child get a little hurt.

　　“If you’re at the playground next to them, if they fall or slip, you’re right there to catch them and they do not suffer, you know, the bruised (擦伤的) knee or whatever it might be. If you’re helping with your kid’s homework, they are going to get better grade. Those are the short-term wins. The long-term cost is ― if your kid doesn’t learn how to manage their own body on a playground, which is a lesson only learned by falling a few times ― they don’t learn the long-term lesson.”

　　If you do your child’s homework, it will be perfect. That is what she calls the short-term win. The long-term cost is that your child may not feel capable. And they may not become a persistent (坚持不懈的) learner, meaning they will give up easily when faced with a difficult problem to solve.

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