"helicopter parent" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: helicopter parents [plural]
Etymology: From the tendency to hover over their children's lives, like a helicopter. Head templates: {{en-noun}} helicopter parent (plural helicopter parents)
  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. Wikipedia link: helicopter parent Categories (topical): Parents, People, Stock characters Translations (overly attentive parent): 直升機父母 (zhíshēngjī fùmǔ) (note: male and female parent plural only) (Chinese Mandarin), curlingforælder [common-gender] (Danish), helikopterouder [masculine] (Dutch), helikopterouders [plural] (Dutch), hanhiemo (english: mother) (Finnish), parent poule [masculine] (French), Helicoptervater (German), モンスターペアレント (monsutā pearento) (Japanese), モンペ (monpe) (Japanese), モンスターペアレンツ (monsutā pearentsu) (Japanese), helikopterforelder [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), curlingforelder [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), والد هلیکوپتری (vâled-e helikopteri) (Persian), curlingförälder (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "overly attentive parent",
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