Dictionary

helicopter parent en · NOUN

Etymology

From the tendency to hover over their children's lives, like a helicopter.

Meanings

1. A parent who pays an inordinate amount of attention to their children and often makes decisions, particularly educational ones, normally the province of the student.

Forms

Coordinates

curling parent · tiger mom · snowplow parent

Hypernyms

parent

Relateds

free-range

Translations (16)

cmn 直升機父母 /直升机父母 (overly attentive parent) · ja モンスターペアレント (overly attentive parent) · ja モンスターペアレンツ (overly attentive parent) · nl helikopterouder (overly attentive parent) · fi hanhiemo (overly attentive parent) · nb curlingforelder (overly attentive parent) · da curlingforælder (overly attentive parent) · pl rodzic-helikopter (overly attentive parent) · sv curlingförälder (overly attentive parent) · ca mare helicòpter (overly attentive parent) · fr parent poule (overly attentive parent) · fa والد هلیکوپتری (overly attentive parent) · ja モンペ (overly attentive parent) · nb helikopterforelder (overly attentive parent) · ca pare helicòpter (overly attentive parent) · de Helicoptervater (overly attentive parent)