Ashton Smith
12/17/13
L.A. 3-4
In the article, "Putting Parents in Their Place: Outside Class," by Valerie Strauss, from the magazine Washington Post, she ratiocinates that parents today are extremely overprotective and are involved too much in schools, which is a hindrance to their children, and the parents' actions need to cease. I completely agree with this concept, for nowadays children are more dependent than ever. Parents should back off and allow their children to pave their own road and travel around their own obstacles.
My believed abstraction is verified by many experts who harmonize with me. One such expert, a dean of student development, Mark McCarthy, concludes, "They have been the most protected and programmed ever.... The parents of this generation are used to close and constant contact with their children and vice versa." Another authority, Ron Golblatt, executive director of the Association of Independent Maryland schools, presents, "As a child gets older, it is a real problem for a parent to work against ... thought and action, and it is happening more often."
Some people may believe parents need to be around their child, helping them with everything. Although time spent with children is good, always being with them and helping them throughout the day is taking it over the top. One parent conveys, "There are a lot of things I can't control ... But I can control how my daughter spends her day." Parents should protect their kid from everything, right? Wrong. This isn't a good mentality, for when the child grows up they won't know how to overcome their hurdles. Many kids don't have the experience of defeat like other generations have, and it will harm them in the future.
