“直升机兄弟姐妹”监视你的一举一动_时事

“直升机兄弟姐妹”监视你的一举一动

First came the helicopter mum - now comes the helicopter sibling.

前有直升机妈妈，后有直升机兄弟姐妹。

Older brothers and sisters are inflicting the overbearing behaviour they learned from their mothers on their younger siblings. They are following their brothers and sisters on social media, tracking them on phone apps and even dropping in on dates to check on them.

受母亲的影响，哥哥和姐姐也学着母亲的样子，将专横强加给弟弟和妹妹。他们关注弟弟妹妹的社交媒体，通过手机应用跟踪弟弟妹妹，甚至会在弟弟妹妹约会时实地查岗。

“直升机兄弟姐妹”监视你的一举一动

The term 'helicopter mum' emerged in the last decade to refer to middle-class parents who hover over their offspring by interfering in every part of their lives. They have been known to take the same degrees as their daughters at university to make sure the course is suitable or book holidays for their children whilst back home in a different country.

“直升机妈妈这一说法出现在近十年中，指对子女过度关注的中产阶级父母，他们干涉孩子生活的方方面面。即便女儿上了大学，他们的干涉力度丝毫不减，要确保女儿学习的课程适宜;或者身在异国，却还要帮子女预定度假。

Now US therapists have identified the successor to the trend, the helicopter sibling. Madeline Levine, a psychologist in Kentfield, California said that when parents focus too much on success and managing your life, their children end up doing the same. Smartphones are allowing them to carry out their surveillance covertly and relaying information back to parents without the sibling knowing.