Tag Archives: Helicopter parents

PARANOID DROID

May 25, 2010 – 3:57 pm

by Hans Eisenbeis As many of our clients undoubtedly were reminded last week at Iconosphere, our annual conference, we’re a pretty wired company. We work virtually, from all over the world — last count, 17 countries — on laptops and smartphones and even iPads. I was a little embarrassed, then, to show up at headquarters […]

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“Go ahead, kid. Throw rocks!” 50 Dangerous Things parents should allow

February 3, 2010 – 8:41 am

by Hans Eisenbeis WHAT’S HAPPENING We’ve been tracking for some time the “Free Range Kids” movement — an idea spawned by blog and book to loosen the apron strings of today’s obsessively protective moms and dads. That mindset is strongly nostalgic: Let kids play outside unsupervised, give them building blocks for birthdays instead of video […]

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iCurfew helps parents track their kids

December 18, 2009 – 6:46 am

by Reed Robinson WHAT’S HAPPENING Helicopter parents, start your engines! With the release of their first iPhone application — iCurfew — Radical Parenting offers Mom and Dad a real-time mobile platform to track their child’s location. For 99 cents, iCurfew seamlessly connects guardians with their brood via a combination of GPS and Google maps. The […]

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Millennials drive their parents 2TXT

December 8, 2008 – 6:43 am

by Cree McCree WHAT’S HAPPENING Credit Millennials with getting their folks to text. 20% of 55- to 64-year-olds are tapping out messages in 2008, up from 13% just two years ago, according to a Sprint study. And three quarters of those texters are messaging their kids (MarketWatch 10.22.08). Staying in touch with offspring in college […]

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What a rec: Kids’ entertainment rooms make a comeback

October 6, 2008 – 10:23 am

by Nissa Hanna WHAT’S HAPPENING What’s better than keeping the kids close to home? Getting them to stay home; so helicopter ‘rents are enticing tweens and teens to stay in by reviving the rec room with some au courant upgrades (New York Times 7.10.08). The modern version may be unrecognizable to some; Gran’s old sofa […]

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