Helicopter Parenting (2016 Rerun)
Psychology In Seattle Podcast
Kirk Honda
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🗓️ 10 April 2025
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May 9, 2016
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| 0:00.0 | So deserving listeners out there, I'm sure you've heard of the term helicopter parenting. |
| 0:06.0 | And today I want to talk more about that. I want to go into the definition. I want to talk about the |
| 0:11.1 | origin of the term. I want to talk about the research regarding the effects on children, why it's |
| 0:18.9 | emerged in our culture and advice for parents and for therapists out |
| 0:23.6 | there that are helping parents with this sort of thing and for society in general. |
| 0:28.8 | And as a part of that, I invited a guest, Rebecca Bloom, to come on the show and to help me |
| 0:34.6 | talk about this. |
| 0:35.8 | Welcome to the show, Rebecca. |
| 0:36.8 | It's so good to be here. Welcome to the Psychology in Seattle podcast. Welcome to the show, Rebecca. It's so good to be here. |
| 0:38.5 | Welcome to the Psychology in Seattle podcast. |
| 0:40.5 | I am your host, Dr. Kirk Honda. |
| 0:42.7 | I am chair of the Couple and Family Therapy Program at Antioch University, Seattle, |
| 0:47.4 | and I'm also a licensed marriage and family therapist. |
| 0:49.9 | Hi, I'm Rebecca Bloom. |
| 0:50.8 | I have a private practice in Pioneer Square, and I tweet at R Bloom |
| 0:56.5 | ATR. R Bloom, ATR. Yeah. Rebecca Bloom Art Therapist registered. Correct. So, let's, I like |
| 1:06.7 | definitions. If you listen to the podcast, you know that I like to define things first so that |
| 1:12.5 | we're not just throwing around a term like helicopter parenting without understanding what it is. |
| 1:17.3 | Well, there's no official definition, of course. It's a cultural term. But a general definition |
| 1:24.1 | is that it's a parenting style that involves the following elements. You hover over |
| 1:29.2 | children figuratively and literally. You rescue them at the first sign of trouble. You always need to know |
| 1:37.7 | where they're at and what they're doing. You dictate what they do at a majority of the time, |
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