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There’s an interesting discussion on the perils and pitfalls of helicopter parenting–of the sour fruits parents reap when they don’t let their grown children grow up and take care of themselves–at this web site. While many of us think of the moms as the overprotective parent, this is a story about a dad who does too much.
It reminds me of a dad I know who was having trouble letting go of a 29-year-old daughter. “I
know she has to take off the water wings,” he said, “but what if I’m
not in the water to catch her.”

here’s a grab from the entry on jimsjourney.wordpress.com:
“His children were perfectly capable of taking care of themselves, but they didn’t have to do it.

I remember one day in particular that the man was more than a bit
irritated; he had to go home and change the oil in his forty-year-old
son’s car. On further questioning, the man revealed the true reason for
his anger… the oil should have been changed weeks earlier.

The bottom line is that his children were only partially to blame.
On the surface, it appeared they were taking advantage of Daddy. In
truth, Daddy had a personality that needed to be needed.”