Carsten Maschmeyer disrupts "helicopter parents" "Stop applying for your children"
Carsten Maschmeyer made an unmistakable appeal to "helicopter parents" on Instagram. The entrepreneur received a lot of approval from his followers.
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- Entrepreneur Carsten Maschmeyer has made a name for himself as an investor on the TV show "Die Höhle der Löwen".
- Now the 66-year-old is showing a different side of himself on his Instagram account - and giving advice directly to "helicopter parents".
- "Stop applying for your children," writes Maschmeyer. And continues; "Honestly, you're not doing your children any favors."
Carsten Maschmeyer has made a name for himself as an investor in the German TV show "Die Höhle der Löwen" and as a valuable advisor for start-ups. To date, he has attracted less attention for his tips on raising children properly.
But now the entrepreneur is showing a different side of himself on Instagram - and giving advice directly to "helicopter parents".
"Stop promoting your children," Maschmeyer writes in the caption of his new post. "To be honest, you're not doing your children any favors."
After all, the application to a potential employer conveys "the first impression of a person".
However, if the cover letter is not written by the applicant themselves, this can make a bad impression, according to Maschmeyer: "If it's written by the parents, this impression is: I'm supposed to hire someone who can't even manage to apply themselves."
Maschmeyer: "There are no parent consultation hours"
If this is already at the beginning of a possible employment relationship, entrepreneur Maschmeyer has doubts as to whether it can work.
"Will mom and dad also go to the office? Do they attend the meetings?" asks the 66-year-old. And he was even clearer: "There are no parent consultation hours in companies."
Carsten Maschmeyer qualifies that the help and motivation of parents coupled with their life experience are valuable inputs. At the same time, he emphasizes: "But children should make decisions, apply for jobs and take their first steps into professional life on their own."
Children should do what "they thrive in"
It would also be fatal for children to choose a career path based on their parents' wishes. "They should do what they thrive in. Because they will be much more successful and happier if they are passionate about something," says Carsten Maschmeyer.
The German investor receives a lot of encouragement in the comments column. "All too often, parents not only take over their children's tasks, but also the responsibility for their development," commented one "former HR manager".
Another commented: "HR managers immediately notice whether an application is authentic." Another user commented: "Support in the background is very important, but writing, submitting and/or calling has to come from the young people themselves."
