“If you let them out of the womb, you have to let them into the world….”
So true, yet so many parents remain in denial. We have seen on multiple occasions, parents showing up with their kinderlach for job interviews at our firm. A recent news story sadly indicated that our experience is not all that unusual and other law firms and investment banks have seen similar episodes. These “helicopter” parents cannot let go. In Italy, young men continue to live in their parents’ basements well into their 30s and momma is totally happy with this arrangement, do the laundry and provide endless plates of pasta and chulent.
Summer camp may at least be helpful in pushing the kids a bit further out the door, making them a bit more self-reliant and hopefully prepare them to function independently in whatever derech they choose.