The worst helicopter parenting fails that will leave you speechless.

My first roommate in college had a helicopter mum whose helicoptering, frankly bordered on terrifying.

You see, he was born deaf. She never allowed him to learn sign language because she'd always be there to protect him.

And he needs to live a normal life, not a deaf life. Her words, not mine. He was pretty good

at lip reading and could vocalize remarkably well, given how profound his hearing loss was. She

pulled me aside and very seriously asked me to inform her any time he talked to a girl.

She said he has problems with girls, trying to take advantage of him. She insisted he say good

night to her every night, which meant he had to be on instant messenger and deaf, so he couldn't

call without using a specialised typing phone. He needed to call her for at least an hour every

night or else she'd call our room phone in a panic looking for him. I teach high school and

occasionally college. One IEP meeting for a high school

student, the mother mentioned her other kid was enrolled at a local university and that she, the mother,

was also enrolling in the same classes to ensure her daughter did her work, face palm. And kind of

unrelated, but I find it funny. By pure chance my mum and my brother were enrolled in the same class this term at university,

and my mum was super adamant that my brother not embarrass her during the class.

I worked as an instructor at a karate school, and there was one parent no one wanted to deal with.

Her son was in our 10 to 13 year old class.

The school had a little waiting area where parents could watch their kids, mainly used

for the 4-6 year old class, and she'd sit in the waiting area staring at her son.

One class we were doing very light contact drills, no more than a poke, and she came out onto

the floor and started yelling at me for putting her son in danger.

I asked her to please leave the floor. I changed the drill to no contact, and she ran onto the floor yelling at me for putting her son in danger. I asked her to please leave the

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