OBVIOUSLY Kids Don't Know How to Make Their Own Decisions...

There are so many instances where parents seem to have total control over their childrens' lives, and sometimes it can lead to the bad side. I agree with the author's comment about cell phones being a necessity for parents, just to check up on their children when they are in college. One of my closest friends was raised with "Helicopter Parents," and thankfully he turned out alright, but there are some that I have grown distant with because they have decided to choose their own path and stray away from the norm, therefore causing a crevice to split us apart. My friend that turned out for the good however, was raised in a very strict environment from a young age. His parents taught him to speak four different languages, which he can speak fluently, and sent him through strenuous hockey schools and teams since the age of four. He has been to about four different countries to play hockey, and somehow or another, ended up not continuing because of a lapse in his father's health. Twelve years of hockey down the drain... Aside from that, his parents would always stress the importance of good grades and doing work all the time. He ended up having a high GPA, but his social skills have remained stagnant when it comes to the opposite sex. As he went to an all boys, catholic school, there were no girls, and when his other friends wanted to go out, his parents would tell him that he needed to do work. This has caused him to become more intelligible when it comes to vocabulary and book knowledge, but the most important thing, social smarts, is lacking. Parents need to let go at a certain age, when their children deem it necessary, and let their children become more independent.