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helicopter parenting
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noun Informal.
a style of child rearing in which an overprotective mother or father discourages a child's independence by being too involved in the child's life: In typical helicopter parenting, a mother or father swoops in at any sign of challenge or discomfort.
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Compare free-range parenting.
Origin of helicopter parenting
First recorded in 1985–90; so called because such a parent “hovers” like a helicopter
OTHER WORDS FROM helicopter parenting
helicopter parent, nounhelicopter mom, helicopter mother, nounhelicopter dad, helicopter father, nounWords nearby helicopter parenting
helicon, helicopt, helicopter, helicopter gunship, helicopter parent, helicopter parenting, helicopter view, helicospore, heliculture, helideck, Heligoland
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How to use helicopter parenting in a sentence
Now, I had to believe then, I continue to believe it now, that helicopter parenting isn’t really very important.
The Economist’s Guide to Parenting: 10 Years Later (Ep. 479)|Stephen J. Dubner|October 21, 2021|FreakonomicsThis may sound like helicopter parenting, but as a full-time working mother my fear was of having given too little, not too much.