Examples of helicopter parent

• In this regard, it's worth noting that the terms "helicopter parent" and "overparenting" only entered general usage in the past decade or so.

• You don't have to be a helicopter parent to see the value in keeping children out of the middle of the road.

• The helicopter parent is that parent who is over-involved in his/her children's lives.

• Nobody wants to be called a helicopter parent -- but who is totally innocent of micromanaging their children's lives?

• I'm no helicopter parent, nor one who ever feared an "empty nest" syndrome; my own life is full.

• If you are not that materialistic, you can't be a helicopter parent.

• You are not a helicopter parent if your kid is not in a zillion extracurriculars.

• This overjustification effect is the bane of helicopter parents everywhere.