<p>'rentof2 said: “there’s this unpleasant trend of parents criticizing other parents for being too involved with their kids. It’s almost like a pop-culture sport these days. I think it’s sad.”</p>
<p>I think we all agree that such cattiness is a bad thing, tearing down others who takea different approach to parenting. That kind of behavior is at the very least lacking in humility.</p>
<p>But it’s foolish to pretend that “helicoptering” and "being involved " are the same things, or that because someone uses it as a weapon it fails to describe something real going on, or that “helicoptering” just doesn’t exist.</p>