I'm not sure if citations needed has ever done an episode on articles like this, but as a parent and a leftist it's hard to not start noticing that nearly all parenting "experts" or "success" stories seem to basically boil down to people 'richsplaining' how to raise your kids into successful CEOs and career paths.
I find this incredibly frustrating because this bassically accepts as a framework that your kid becoming a CEO is an inarguably laudable goal, rarely if ever asks questions about how psychologically well adjusted they are as people, and perhaps most importantly never addresses the elephant in the room of the role class plays.
I feel like my entire life, in basically every form of media I've ever seen: helicopter parenting has been assumed as being wrong and harmful. These days it's hard for me not to ask if this isn't just an extension of the culture of "personal responsibility" and "pulling yourself up by your bootstraps."
I don’t disagree with her parenting style at all as I’m the same way with my two children. I know if I am a helicopter parent to my daughter then she will hate me. But my son definitely needs to be hovered over a bit. I got one outgoing child and one who stays to himself. I know that I need to build his self confidence at this age because I don’t want him turning into a :reddit-logo: user. But I think the important thing about raising children is you have to actually have to raise them. I know it sounds simple but with the amount of hours we are working, it’s hard for most of us. And income is not that big of a factor as environment. Currently I’m making way less but spending time with my son. No job is going to pay me in the fact that my SO and I are catching these milestones together.