APPENDIX AHelicopter Parenting Is a Good Thing
WHAT SHOULD parents do to prepare their children for a work environment that is more volatile and challenging than ever? That question is on the minds of a lot of people because of the strong possibility that current trends toward job and career instability will continue. It would be great if our kids could inherit a world in which college was affordable, jobs were abundant, and career paths were always onward and upward.
Of course, that world no longer exists. More and more these days, second mortgages are routinely needed to finance college educations, a college degree is no longer an automatic ticket to white-collar work, and many careers are vanishing in the global restructuring of the workforce. ...
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