{"id":1689,"date":"2016-08-02T10:20:50","date_gmt":"2016-08-02T15:20:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askdoctorg.com\/?p=1689"},"modified":"2021-05-10T13:59:54","modified_gmt":"2021-05-10T18:59:54","slug":"helicopter-parent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askdoctorg.com\/helicopter-parent\/","title":{"rendered":"Are You a Helicopter Parent?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>OK, so I get it. I mean, we have to make sure our kids are OK, right? We need to know if they\u2019re struggling, if someone is bullying them, if they\u2019re hurting. And the only way to know is to BE there. Watching, listening, hovering.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Except, no. Your kids will be OK without your 24\/7 knowledge and input.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Your kid\u2019s happiness? NOT your problem. Their safety, sure. So teach them to cross the street alone. Then let them do it. As a matter of fact, anything you\u2019re worried about them doing alone, follow that recipe:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>Name the obstacle.<\/li><li>Teach them to overcome it.<\/li><li>Let them try.<\/li><li>Rinse and repeat.\u00a0<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s harder on us than on them. For reals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe title=\"Why you HAVE to be a Helicopter Parent (at least)! Askdoctorg.com Deborah Gilboa, MD\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kPKocrXBkbM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Do you have any important parenting related questions? Type your question into the box on<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/askdoctorg.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0AskDoctorG.com<\/a>. Also, be sure to follow me on\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AskDocG\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>,\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AskDoctorG\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/AskDocG?feature=watch\" target=\"_blank\">subscribe to my YouTube channel<\/a>\u00a0where I address parenting challenges from teen dating to manners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OK, so I get it. I mean, we have to make sure our kids are OK, right? We need to know if they\u2019re struggling, if someone is bullying them, if they\u2019re hurting. And the only way to know is to BE there. Watching, listening, hovering.\u00a0 Except, no. Your kids will be OK without your 24\/7 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":1690,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"default","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Are You a Helicopter Parent? - Ask Dr. G<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/askdoctorg.com\/helicopter-parent\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Are You a Helicopter Parent? - Ask Dr. G\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"OK, so I get it. I mean, we have to make sure our kids are OK, right? We need to know if they\u2019re struggling, if someone is bullying them, if they\u2019re hurting. And the only way to know is to BE there. Watching, listening, hovering.\u00a0 Except, no. Your kids will be OK without your 24\/7 [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/askdoctorg.com\/helicopter-parent\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ask Dr. G\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AskDoctorG\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-08-02T15:20:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-05-10T18:59:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/askdoctorg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/helecopter-parent.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"940\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"563\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Doctor G\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@askdocg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@askdocg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Doctor G\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/askdoctorg.com\/helicopter-parent\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/askdoctorg.com\/helicopter-parent\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Doctor G\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/askdoctorg.com\/#\/schema\/person\/44928b9b688c1b26bc7d231dda30bbb6\"},\"headline\":\"Are You a Helicopter Parent?\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-08-02T15:20:50+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-05-10T18:59:54+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/askdoctorg.com\/helicopter-parent\/\"},\"wordCount\":176,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/askdoctorg.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/askdoctorg.com\/helicopter-parent\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/askdoctorg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/helecopter-parent.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Blog\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/askdoctorg.com\/helicopter-parent\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/askdoctorg.com\/helicopter-parent\/\",\"name\":\"Are You a Helicopter Parent? - Ask Dr. G\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/askdoctorg.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/askdoctorg.com\/helicopter-parent\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/askdoctorg.com\/helicopter-parent\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/askdoctorg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/helecopter-parent.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-08-02T15:20:50+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-05-10T18:59:54+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/askdoctorg.com\/helicopter-parent\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/askdoctorg.com\/helicopter-parent\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/askdoctorg.com\/helicopter-parent\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/askdoctorg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/helecopter-parent.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/askdoctorg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/helecopter-parent.jpg\",\"width\":940,\"height\":563},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/askdoctorg.com\/helicopter-parent\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/askdoctorg.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Are You a Helicopter Parent?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/askdoctorg.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/askdoctorg.com\/\",\"name\":\"Ask Dr. G\",\"description\":\"Speaker, Influencer &amp; Expert in Human Resilience\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/askdoctorg.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/askdoctorg.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/askdoctorg.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Ask Dr. G\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/askdoctorg.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/askdoctorg.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/askdoctorg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/cropped-deborah-gilboa-stress-resilience.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/askdoctorg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/cropped-deborah-gilboa-stress-resilience.png\",\"width\":500,\"height\":128,\"caption\":\"Ask Dr. G\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/askdoctorg.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AskDoctorG\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/askdocg\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/askdoctorg\/\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/deborahgilboamd\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/askdocg\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/askdoctorg.com\/#\/schema\/person\/44928b9b688c1b26bc7d231dda30bbb6\",\"name\":\"Doctor G\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/askdoctorg.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f0fccd795f8ea78f61551172b3519b9a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f0fccd795f8ea78f61551172b3519b9a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Doctor G\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/askdoctorg.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/askdoctorg.com\/author\/deborahgilboa\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Are You a Helicopter Parent? - Ask Dr. G","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/askdoctorg.com\/helicopter-parent\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Are You a Helicopter Parent? - Ask Dr. G","og_description":"OK, so I get it. I mean, we have to make sure our kids are OK, right? We need to know if they\u2019re struggling, if someone is bullying them, if they\u2019re hurting. And the only way to know is to BE there. Watching, listening, hovering.\u00a0 Except, no. Your kids will be OK without your 24\/7 [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/askdoctorg.com\/helicopter-parent\/","og_site_name":"Ask Dr. G","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AskDoctorG\/","article_published_time":"2016-08-02T15:20:50+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-05-10T18:59:54+00:00","og_image":[{"width":940,"height":563,"url":"https:\/\/askdoctorg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/helecopter-parent.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Doctor G","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@askdocg","twitter_site":"@askdocg","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Doctor G","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/askdoctorg.com\/helicopter-parent\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/askdoctorg.com\/helicopter-parent\/"},"author":{"name":"Doctor G","@id":"https:\/\/askdoctorg.com\/#\/schema\/person\/44928b9b688c1b26bc7d231dda30bbb6"},"headline":"Are You a Helicopter Parent?","datePublished":"2016-08-02T15:20:50+00:00","dateModified":"2021-05-10T18:59:54+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/askdoctorg.com\/helicopter-parent\/"},"wordCount":176,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/askdoctorg.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/askdoctorg.com\/helicopter-parent\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/askdoctorg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/helecopter-parent.jpg","articleSection":["Blog"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/askdoctorg.com\/helicopter-parent\/","url":"https:\/\/askdoctorg.com\/helicopter-parent\/","name":"Are You a Helicopter Parent? - Ask Dr. G","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/askdoctorg.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/askdoctorg.com\/helicopter-parent\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/askdoctorg.com\/helicopter-parent\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/askdoctorg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/helecopter-parent.jpg","datePublished":"2016-08-02T15:20:50+00:00","dateModified":"2021-05-10T18:59:54+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/askdoctorg.com\/helicopter-parent\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/askdoctorg.com\/helicopter-parent\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/askdoctorg.com\/helicopter-parent\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/askdoctorg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/helecopter-parent.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/askdoctorg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/helecopter-parent.jpg","width":940,"height":563},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/askdoctorg.com\/helicopter-parent\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/askdoctorg.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Are You a Helicopter Parent?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/askdoctorg.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/askdoctorg.com\/","name":"Ask Dr. G","description":"Speaker, Influencer &amp; Expert in Human Resilience","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/askdoctorg.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/askdoctorg.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/askdoctorg.com\/#organization","name":"Ask Dr. G","url":"https:\/\/askdoctorg.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/askdoctorg.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/askdoctorg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/cropped-deborah-gilboa-stress-resilience.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/askdoctorg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/cropped-deborah-gilboa-stress-resilience.png","width":500,"height":128,"caption":"Ask Dr. G"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/askdoctorg.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AskDoctorG\/","https:\/\/x.com\/askdocg","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/askdoctorg\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/deborahgilboamd","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/askdocg"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/askdoctorg.com\/#\/schema\/person\/44928b9b688c1b26bc7d231dda30bbb6","name":"Doctor G","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/askdoctorg.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f0fccd795f8ea78f61551172b3519b9a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f0fccd795f8ea78f61551172b3519b9a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Doctor G"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/askdoctorg.com"],"url":"https:\/\/askdoctorg.com\/author\/deborahgilboa\/"}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/askdoctorg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/helecopter-parent.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/askdoctorg.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1689"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/askdoctorg.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/askdoctorg.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askdoctorg.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askdoctorg.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1689"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/askdoctorg.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1689\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askdoctorg.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/askdoctorg.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askdoctorg.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askdoctorg.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}