In Defense of Helicopter Parenting

A report on a <a href="https://brucefeiler.substack.com/p/surprise-adult-children-like-helicopter-22-10-27" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">study of helicopter parenting</a>, which you'd think we would be cheering, somehow gave us fodder for complaints: One of us isn't buying it, and another thinks its definition of helicoptering might be wrong. (And speaking of <a href="https://www.parentingroundaboutpodcast.com/blog/roundabout-roundup-2s-company-specialty-crisps-ive-had-it-podcast-and-substack-newsletters" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Substacks</a>, the report is on Bruce Feiler's newsletter, which was recommended by Asha Dornfest's, <a href="https://ashadornfest.substack.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Parent of Adults</a>).