7/20/2023 0 Comments Copter mom and just plane dad![]() It’s funny, honest and gives less helicopter-like readers a glimpse into the mind of a parent wishing she could protect her child forever. Lee’s realisation that soon her beloved daughter will grow up and leave home. Her story in the book is about all the “firsts” in her daughter’s life, right up to her first day as a licensed driver and C. Lee to collaborate with 29 other authors “to show that meltdowns, as a parent, were common and normal and nothing to be ashamed of.” That opportunity came to her through a Facebook group, where Crystal Ponti of the Mommifried blog invited C. Lee is now a published author, contributing to a book on the perils of motherhood entitled The Mother of All Meltdowns. Thanks to her blogging at Helicopter Mom and Just Plane Dad, C. Lee’s success is that she had the insight to realign her blog to provide more of the stuff her audience and her clients want. Once I realized that my readers were coming to me as “the helicopter parent” for advice or quotes, I understood the responsibility I have to produce content that is family friendly and also helpful. She used it as many new bloggers do, to tell fun stories about her family and memories of her now-teenage daughter’s childhood.īut C. Lee told me she didn’t appreciate how that worked when she first started the blog. When we discussed how expertise and authority boost a writer’s career as well as readers’ expectations, C. I decided to learn everything I could about blogging and I’m still on my journey. It was a good 6 months before I realized that given the proper SEO and topics, I could probably do this full time. Once I started doing the interviews and voicing my opinion, the brands found me, traffic revved up and income started coming from ads or sponsored blog posts. Lee and Khris weathered criticism with a lot more grace, and their commitment to their mission got them noticed. Personally, I tend to deal with that by suggesting they fuck off and worry about their own kids instead of mine. Total strangers and well-meaning friends just love to tell you all about how you’re smothering your child, stunting their development and creating a co-dependent nightmare you’ll live to regret. Who knew my parenting style was so controversial?”Īs a hover-prone mother myself, I’m not surprised to hear C. Lee started up her blog about helicopter parenting, she was “inundated with media interview and quote requests. Making money from a parenting blogĪlmost as soon as C. It’s a lot of work to constantly hover in your children’s lives but we’ve always felt it was our most important job, beyond our 21 year marriage. We fully believe that our parenting style can strengthen the relationship you have with your children and does not always have to end tragically. I got angry about the blatant “persecution” of parents that choose to stay involved in their kids’ lives, and decided that I’d talk about the positive traits of overprotectiveness. ![]() I came across the Free Range Kids website and it hit a nerve with me. When she didn’t like what she read on the web, she decided to create her own source of online truth about parenting choices: She wasn’t familiar with the blogging world at first, but she started doing some online research into the topic of helicopter parenting. Lee is a “helicopter parent” - the sometimes derogatory term for parents who hover around their children, ready to provide support at a moment’s notice. C Lee Reed, aka Helicopter Mom How Helicopter Mom took offĬ.
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