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Helicopter Parents Show Up in the Workplace

Anxious parents are filling out job applications, appearing at interviews and mediating work conflicts; ‘my mom doesn’t think it’s a good idea’

Photo Illustration: WSJ; Photos: Istock

By

Te-Ping Chen

Robi Williams was headed into a Dollar Tree in Loganville, Ga., recently when she saw an angry woman on her phone entering first.  

“She was walking like she was on a mission,” recalls Williams, 22 years old. Turns out, the woman was: A customer had been giving her daughter, a cashier, a hard time, and the mother had showed up to give the customer a piece of her mind.  

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