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My observation has been, it varies.
Lots of helicopter parents nowadays, especially the Chinese families who are just trotting out the same set of expectations that their parents did. It's fine when the whole system is setup the same way ala in Asia, but here there's a varied set of expectations depending on who you talk to, which school, what type of education, and even area.
Of the helicopter set of kids, they, like you said, lack self regulating abilities and other emotional soft skills, in turn their knowledge and hard skills are stronger as parents push academics beyond all else.
The daycare group that we are with, they have centers across the lower mainland. Some of the teachers/caretakers sub in at other centers as needed and they've remarked the location mean their curriculum varies a lot, and the parent expectations are different.
Surprisingly, despite being a very Cantonese heavy area, the Fraserview/Killarney set of parents don't have as much helicopter tendencies. At least the ones that we meet at daycare and classes at KCC.
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