How helicopter parents are ruining college students

[avebury]

57. I heard a true story of a state agency that

was interviewing a young man for a possible job. The young man's parents actually came to the job interview with their son.

I asked the person telling the story if they young man got the job. The answer - NO.

In my previous position, I cannot tell you how many times I received phones calls from parents trying to find out job information for their children. I always thought that the child needed to be making the phone call. We hired kids right out of college and I noticed as time went along that we were seeing new employees with less skills necessary to survive in the real world. I found myself having to parent some of these kids as I tried to train them with the knowledge of how to function within our organization and as adults. And don't talk to me about kids that were home schooled before college. People skills were an issue. One young man did improve over time. Another young man was like watching a train wreck. There was no doubt that he was going to get slapped down pretty hard, which he did. He didn't last. As he approached the end of his training year, no department was willing to accept him. His behavior had made him a pariah in our agency.