Helicopter Parents vs Monster Parents

Sometimes, it was quite confusing to distinguish the difference between the "Monster Parents" and "Helicopter parents".

A) The First Intrinsically Difference Between the "Helicopter Parents" and "Monster Parents"

The term "Helicopter Parents" was used in western societies whereas the term "Monster Parents" was used in eastern societies.

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Originated from the America, "Helicopter Parents" was primarily seen in the  book " Between Parents & Teenage" which was written by Dr Haim Ginott in 1969.

Later, written by Foster W Cline and Jim Fay in 2006, "Helicopter Parents" was then used in the book " Parenting with love and logic" (Cline, & Fay, 2006).

"Helicopter Parents" was  the description referred to parents who had the inclination to hover overhead of their children (Cline, & Fay, 2006).

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On the contrary, originated from Japan, "Monster Parents" was phrase used firstly by  Onoda Masatoshi in late twenty centuries.

Monster Parents was specially referred to parents who always exerted pressure to the school teachers or principals by launching complaints to them for the sake of their children to maximize their benefits.

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B) The Second Distinguishing Feature Between the "Helicopter Parents" and "Monster Parents"

 
First and foremost, children was the sufferers under "Helicopter Parents" whereas the victim of " Monster Parents" was the school teachers and principals (Chan, 2013).

On top of that, "Helicopter Parents" was an indigenous word emanated from western society whereas the phrase "Monster Parents" was exported to western society (Chan, 2013).

In the western content and context, "Monster Parents" referred to parents who controlled and protected excessively their fellow children.


References
Chan, O. (2013). What is parenting? Helicopter vs Monster. Retrieved 7 November, 2013 from Monster parents, helicopter parents & anxiety, Website: http://helicopter-parents-and-anxiety.blogspot.hk/2012/12/what-is-parenting-helicopter-vs-monster.html


Cline, F, & Fay, J. (2006). Parenting with love and logic: Teaching Children Responsibility (2nd Edition). Colorado: Navpress.