Teachers sometimes face the problem of “overprotective”
parents who do their children’s school work for them. However, this over
protectiveness leaves children in a helpless state. They seem destined to have
an anxious adulthood and lacking the emotional state to deal with setbacks or
failures. In a Queensland University study by Judith Locke she describes “overparenting”
as a, “misguided attempt to improve their child’s current and future personal
and academic success.” There are some
parents who do silly things for their kids but the most troublesome acts will
hurt the children academically. These
parents do not let their children solve their own problems. The parents are too
willing to rush to their kids every need. The children are not able to learn to
take responsibility nor the consequences of their actions because their
protective parents will not let them.
The author, Jessica Lahey, begins with a lengthy description
of her past experience with parents doing all their kids work. This introduces
the problem in a way to catch the reader’s interest. Lahey tries to connect with possible readers
who are frustrated teachers by including that there are many teachers facing overprotective
parents. In the article Lahey uses cause and effect to show what will happen to
kids whose parents will not let them fail. Lahey also includes a study from
Queensland University by Judith Locke.
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