Discuss “Helicopter parents are hovering beyond college”

It’s a bird, it’s a plane — no, it’s a middle-aged woman. “Helicopter parents,” those who “hover” over their children’s lives, take parental guidance to the extreme. It’s a phenomenon specific to our generation, fueled by cell phones, Facebook accounts, and Baby Boomer parents who don’t know when to stop.

In lower education, helicopter parents (HPs) are the ones storming into classrooms, haggling over workloads and grades. But it doesn’t end there. Even in college, HPs are problematic, text-messaging their kids, looking them up on Facebook, or even making direct calls to the administration.

“There have been times when parents have called asking about grades,” said William Alba, director of the Science and Humanities...