As the founder and director of a concussion clinic in New York, I see my fair share of concerned parents who want to do everything they can to help their kids heal from concussion. It’s a good instinct: Early and active intervention with targeted therapies is critical. From years of caring for children and adolescents with concussion, my team and I wondered if the parents most involved in their children’s recovery—some might call them “helicopter parents”—could be a key part of navigating a serious medical problem which, left untreated, may have devastating consequences.
I see often in my clinic that the children with very involved parents are the ones most likely to recover swiftly and without complications. After their child gets a concussion, these are the parents who diligently and methodically plan waking hours, sleeping hours, meal times, recreation, and exercise, and gradually adjust screen time. These strict parental accommodations are fundamental to recovery.
These interventions can also be effective for young adults in their 20s who had already adjusted to and embraced an independent life. One typical reaction of a parent to their twenty-something offspring could reasonably be that their child has to navigate their treatment and recovery on their own.
A young woman was hit in the back of her head in a boating accident, and suffered an “out of body” experience. Her father reluctantly traveled from far to come to her side, believing she was a young adult who could surely manage this invisible injury by herself. He found her to be different: she had confusion when calculating tips, struggled with maps, and complained of headaches in her entire head accompanied by eye pain. After a few days together, she reluctantly pulled out of the marathon she had signed up for and allowed her father to regulate her protein intake and remind her when it was her bedtime.
No matter how motivated a concussed individual is to achieve recovery, they rarely have the capacity to follow the treatment regimen, which involves drastic lifestyle changes affecting their daily screen exposure, shifting circadian rhythms, intellectual stimulation, and the cognitive demands of school or work. The intriguing and undeniable result was a patient who recovered more swiftly and with fewer complications or setbacks when compared with their independent counterparts. The helicopter parent actively reinforces the details, effectively guiding an incremental and purposeful exposure to stimuli. The parent also validates the recovery process as an active coach, facilitating and motivating the path ahead.
The goal of medicine is to heal, and we found that healing is best accomplished by a clear adoption of the helicopter approach, albeit for a transient period.
We often triumphantly declare the last visit to a concussion clinic as graduation. It marks a return to normal activities: sports, homework, time spent with friends. Their commencement to self-governance has begun.
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