helicopter parent
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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I was struck by how many HR pros had encountered a helicopter parent.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
I’m not a helicopter parent, a term I have come to loathe.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2024
Kim Griffin didn’t want to be a helicopter parent, but that’s when she felt she needed to step in.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 11, 2022
When my father was a small boy in Galveston, Texas, with no siblings to play with or anything like a helicopter parent regimenting his time, he roamed the inscrutable world of adults all around him.
From New York Times ● Sep. 22, 2021
I’ve always been the opposite of a helicopter parent, believing that it’s better for my kids to learn to be responsible for their own school work, even if that meant they sometimes missed something.
From Slate ● Dec. 14, 2020
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