Yeah I agree. The rise in helicopter parenting can be attributed to a lot of social problems now. It existed in the past but for various reasons was much less common.

Like most kids are going to get coddled a bit by their mothers usually but there's enough of a dynamic between society, the other parent, family, etc to kinda cull that and get the kid away from it a bit when things go off the rails. Recently though I think with the kind of atomization of society it's become far more prevalent and people don't really step in. Sometimes teenage rebellion will fix it, but some kids seem to remain useless well into their 20's and 30's.

I kinda prefer the term bulldozer parents for these cause it's not just the parents hovering around watching the kids constantly and not letting them make their own mistakes, that's bad enough but at least you're making the kids do shit even if you're treating them like they live in 1984, bulldozer parents just straight up remove the obstacles from their kids way. Kid has a problem at school? Parent fights their battle for them. Adult teenagers Xbox breaks, parents call the company for them. Kid has an issue with their grade in a college class, parent calls the school and fights the grade for them. Kid gets turned down for a job interview? Parent calls the company and complains.

Like goddamn of course your kid is a useless lump and emotional trainwreck.

Like can you imagine what your teenage years would be like if your parents called your date and asked them out for you? Won't be getting very many dates. I'd think these kids would likely end up feeling aesexual. Nothing made me lose interest in someone faster as a teen than my parents meddling.