There was also just an actual poverty-based role to it that's often absent in helicopter parents. I have friends with dairy farms who let their kids sit in front of tablets for a couple hours a day because they just need them out of the way while they manage large animals and heavy machinery. I let my kids climb on the furniture and wres…
There was also just an actual poverty-based role to it that's often absent in helicopter parents. I have friends with dairy farms who let their kids sit in front of tablets for a couple hours a day because they just need them out of the way while they manage large animals and heavy machinery. I let my kids climb on the furniture and wrestle with each other, while shouting at them from the other room to stop, because I need to fix crap in my house myself and not pay $300 for a plumber to come in. If you're a stay-at-home mom and your husband makes $300,000/year, just sitting there reading a book while your kid gets in trouble feels lazy. You might feel guilty about quitting your job, or bored. You're probably not letting him watch Paw Patrol all day while you take care of things - you quit your job to Parent Him Right and it's really hard to do nothing. My great grandparents probably wished they could leave their cows in the fields every time my grandpa hiccupped, too, but they just couldn't. They had to be constantly busy and either find a confined way to keep the kids occupied or let them tag along and discipline them (corporally, if necessary) to keep them from getting killed or costing the farm a ton of money by breaking stuff.
There was also just an actual poverty-based role to it that's often absent in helicopter parents. I have friends with dairy farms who let their kids sit in front of tablets for a couple hours a day because they just need them out of the way while they manage large animals and heavy machinery. I let my kids climb on the furniture and wrestle with each other, while shouting at them from the other room to stop, because I need to fix crap in my house myself and not pay $300 for a plumber to come in. If you're a stay-at-home mom and your husband makes $300,000/year, just sitting there reading a book while your kid gets in trouble feels lazy. You might feel guilty about quitting your job, or bored. You're probably not letting him watch Paw Patrol all day while you take care of things - you quit your job to Parent Him Right and it's really hard to do nothing. My great grandparents probably wished they could leave their cows in the fields every time my grandpa hiccupped, too, but they just couldn't. They had to be constantly busy and either find a confined way to keep the kids occupied or let them tag along and discipline them (corporally, if necessary) to keep them from getting killed or costing the farm a ton of money by breaking stuff.
God I wish you could get a plumber here to come and fix a small thing for less than $2000-3000. One of the things I miss about living in TN