Abstract:

The helicopter parental style, known for the mix of uncoherent authority and excessive protection in the education of their children; the need of the child to control them regardless of age, not to give them autonomy or limitation, forcing their children to do activities they really don’t like, refrain from teaching in different subjects or socializing with others, keeping academic outcomes most important and priority, the tendency to think their children are right in everything they do, the attitude of the child’s education is characterized by the behavior of continuous complaint from teachers and school councils at every stage from school to university. The aim of the research is to reveal the prevalence of helicopter parenting in Turkey in both mother and father size. In the framework of this objective, it is aimed to identify the parents’ attitudes in which matters the helicopter parents are more dominant according to demographic variables such as age, gender, level of education, the characteristics of the place of residence.  In the study, a visual scan method was used. For this purpose, the Helikopter Parents scale was applied to 1,600 people who are between the ages of 11 and 22 and who are studying at high school and higher education levels. The data of the 666 participants who perceived the attitude of their parents as a helicopter was also analyzed with identifying statistical values, variance analysis, t test and Scheffe test methods. At the end of the study, one-third of the mothers in Turkey and one-third of the fathers have a helicopter parent attitude, and the mothers have more helicopter attitude than their fathers. The attitudes of the helicopter parents perceived by the participants who were high school students were higher than the participants in other stages of education. One-child parents living in large cities have more observed helicopter attitude while helicopter parents attitude has not been affected by the gender of children.

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