Your son feels comfortable enough with his feelings that he is willing to share them with everyone. I feel that makes you a great parent. One thing I was taught is anything you don't like that your parents did DON'T repeat. If he felt he needed a helicopter parent than he can be one for his kids. Of course all kids miss out because parents can't use all the parenting styles out there. Even if they could that child would miss out on stability. So try not to stress MI or not all parents feel this way. ****, we go through a yearly parenting review with our son to see what changes could make our parenting more effective and I know we'll still "come up short".