The Way of the Wombat

You know I am not really surprised at this article that Petzi pointed out to me. I found myself shaking my head more in sorrow than in amazement any more.

I guess some parents will just feel the need to make all the funeral arrangements for their kids in advance before they shuffle off this mortal coil themselves, eh? They already seem to be organising everything else!

ETA - woops - I meant to post this at The Helipad - home of whirlybirds - but as I had also been thinking of pimping the community, perhaps I will cross-post it.

I realise that I have quite a few new friends since we set up whirlybirds and it is coming up to the time of year where some people might find it a useful community. So even if it is not relevant to you, if you have people on your FL that might find it useful, perhaps you could pimp the community to them?

whirlybirds is primarily a support group for parents whose teenaged offspring are leaving home for college/university.

It is called The Helipad, and the members Whirlybirds, from the concept of 'The Helicopter Mom'.

Helicopter parents either hover over their offspring at all times, or come flying in to school/university etc. to 'rescue' them from essay dead-lines, sniping flatmates, inability to use a washing machine etc.

'Whirlybirds' because we are likely to be mostly female, and all of a whirl about the offspring. Males are however very welcome.

Remember - Young people with helicopter parents are often derided by their peers!

So it is a community where you can worry, rant, whinge, panic as you see fit, whilst not leaving the Helipad.


Prospective members might find that the flurry of posts last summer may already contain info that is useful - or at least give them an idea about the community.