Definition of a helicopter parent

helicopter parent

noun

• an over-attentive parent. One who hovers over their child as a helicopter hovers.

                                                                                                                                                                                                   
  
  Citation from "The Growing Backlash Against Overparenting", Time, Nancy Gibbs, Nov. 20, 2009 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  • See more words with the same meaning: father, dad, daddy, dada, dadda.

  Last edited on Aug 07 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Feb 18 2010.

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Other terms relating to 'father, dad, daddy, dada, dadda':
granpa	Definitions include: "grandfather".
dad bod	Definitions include: "dad bod" i.e. "dad body".
FILF	Definitions include: acronym for "father I'd like to fuck", i.e. an attractive older man.
stepdude	Definitions include: "stepdad".
pop	Definitions include: soda; soft drink.
daddy	Definitions include: a form of address for a male significant other.
Sunday dad	Definitions include: a father who only sees his children on Sunday, by choice.
pops	Definitions include: term of address for one's father.
baby daddy	Definitions include: the father of a woman's child.
old man	Definitions include: father.
stage mother	Definitions include: see stage parent.
grampa	Definitions include: "grandfather".
papi	Definitions include: an attractive male.
stage father	Definitions include: see stage parent.

Slang terms with the same root words

Other terms relating to 'parent':
parental unit	Definitions include: a parent.
'rents	Definitions include: abbreviated form of "parents."
stage parent	Definitions include: an over-bearing parent of a child actor.

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