Parents increasingly involve themselves in their teenagers' first jobs by communicating with employers about schedules and absences, a practice known as helicopter or snowplow parenting. Employers and child development experts warn this undermines teens' independence, confidence, and ability to handle workplace challenges, ultimately harming their long-term professional development. Instead, parents should guide teens to solve their own work problems and learn from mistakes.
WebGL Water is an interactive graphics demo by Evan Wallace featuring real-time water simulation with raytraced reflections, refractions, soft shadows, and caustics. Users can draw ripples, rotate the camera, move a sphere, and toggle physics interactions.