too bad the author of the article couldn't provide as much insight for this as you guys have.
sadly, there are plenty of parents who, if given the chance, will act like morons because they're in more of a hurry than anyone else.
we have a couple of parents that are pure helicopter parents. they walk their 7th graders up to our area and then wait around until it's time for homeroom to start. these parents have two of the worst behaved kids in 7th grade. the kids have been disciplined several times, but the parents sit around and talk with each and start getting worked up over things, so they complain to the principal instead of talking directly to the teachers about issues. all their yacking to each other just seems to make things worse. meanwhile, their kids keep screwing around without any real change.
and fyi, one of these parents is a cop.