Business of Life

Helicopter Parents

Newsweek calls it The Fine Art of Letting Go. Can Boomers do it?
Let their children live their own lives?

Most boomers don't want to be "helicopter parents," hovering so long that their offspring never get a chance to grow up

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Alarmed by these intrusions into what should be a period of increasing independence, colleges around the country have set up parent-liaison offices to limit angry phone calls to professors and deans. Parent orientations, usually held alongside the student sessions, teach how to step aside.
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Letting go is the final frontier for boomer parents, who've made child rearing a major focus of their adult lives.
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Try the quiz to see if you're a helicopter parent.

You're probably not if you remember the goal is not to raise a child, but to raise an adult