Helicopter parenting & Strawberry generation

Was reading with interest on this article on Yahoo, "its a bird, its a plane, its helicopter parenting"

The articles talks about parents (of the baby boomers generation) who are consistently involved with their children's (Gen Y's kids) life..Parents who handed out their children's resumes at career fairs, showed up at job interviews, even calling employers to find out why their kid didn't get the job.

Dr Kerry Bernes, a psychology associate professor at the University of Lethbridge in Alberta mentioned, "I've seen situations where the parents insist that their child become a chartered accountant, or a physician or engineer, or whatever they think might be a prestigious or high-paying position," he says. "So you end up with bright kids who foreclose on a career decision based on what their parents want them to do, not what they themselves want to do."

Long before this, there was the labelling in Taiwan of those born between 1981 and 1991 as the "Strawberry Generation" as the generation of youth who are delicate, fragile and the inability to withstand pressure, difficulties and frustration.

If you do the calculation, those born between 1981 and 1991, they will be in the age range of 16-26 now in 2007; the age where they will be going to University and who may or have graduated and looking for jobs. With the labelling of "The Strawberry Generation" and the "Helicopter parenting", I seriously wonder how our future generation will turn out...

Cheerios and keep smiling!

With Love from PoohBear

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