Volume : 7, Issue : 5, May - 2018

IS PARENTAL ATTACHMENT TRANSFORMING PARENTS TO HELICOPTER PARENTS?

Aparajita Sharma, Shikha Sarna

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;Helicopter parenting also termed as &ldquo;lawnmower parenting&rdquo;, &ldquo;cosseting parenting&rdquo;, or &ldquo;buildoze parenting&rdquo;, refers to</p> <div>a style of parents who are over focused on their children. They typically take too much responsibility for their</div> <div>children‘s experiences, successes and failures. Parental attachment refers to the quality of infant-parent or primary care giver relation, which</div> <div>is a powerful predictor of a child‘s later social and emotional outcome.The present investigation aims to study the relationship between</div> <div>helicopter parenting and parental attachment of undergraduate females in age group 0f 17-20 years. A sample of 100 females was taken</div> <div>from different colleges of Tricity. For this purpose, Helicopter parenting scale (Padilla-Walker and Nelson, 2012) and Parental attachment</div> <div>Questionnaire (M. Kenny, 1985) were administered to the sample. Correlationwas used for the statistical analysis. The results will be</div> <div>discussed as per the implications.</div>