An essay on ‘over-parenting’

1. Summary -
The text is about an over-caring single mom, Robyn Lewis, with two boys, Ethan, 21 and Brendan, 18. Robyn is very involved in her son’s lives, by helping them with literally everything. All from doing their laundry to checking their personal e-mails and bank account balance. Brendan and Ethan are both attending college, away from home, and Robyn has a full-time job. Brendan and Ethan are very grateful for their mother, and describe her as a secretary, because she is organizing everything in their lives, for them. The author and consultant on parental relations, Helen Johnson, says and thinks that parents like Robyn Lewis, are far too involved in their children’s lives. She describes Robyn as a ‘Helicopter Mom’, which is a mom who does everything for her child.

2. Outline -
In text 1 over-parenting is presented by describing a family, with an over-caring single mother, which does everything for her two sons. The mother believe that by doing everything for them, will keep balance in their lives; “We don’t know how to balance much of our lives yet when we’re 18”, she said. Helena Johnson is a consultant on parental relations, and she says: “I can understand why a parent would think, ‘I’m just doing what I think is right for my son or daughter.’ The problem is, they’re doing exactly what’s wrong for their son or daughter,” So she thinks that by doing everything for your child, the child won’t be self-reliant, the child will be the exact opposite.
Text 2 is about a father, who has a son, Kian. The father is from Generation-X, which is people, who is born around 1965-1980. He describes it as an uncomplicated time, where the only thing you had to worry about, was being home by dark. He tried to take his son to all sorts of activities, for example Baby Yoga and Toddlers Gymnastics, but he realised that Kian didn’t like it,