0 a parent who is closely involved with their child's life and tries to control it too much, especially their child's education --
Today's helicopter parents simply don't give their children enough credit.
Would someone who had helicopter parents (and he didn't) have given up?
Many students, however, won't admit to having so-called helicopter parents and say their parents are simply concerned about what's going on in their lives.
Psychologists warn us that children of helicopter parents lack confidence in themselves.
I can hear the helicopter parents taking off now.
Today's hyperventilating "helicopter parents" are comic fish in a barrel.
However, what these so-called helicopter parents might not realize is that their hovering ways can undermine their child's advancement, instead of making them soar.
This overjustification effect is the bane of helicopter parents everywhere.