"helicopter parent" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "From the tendency to hover over their children's lives, like a helicopter.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "helicopter parents",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "helicopter parent (plural helicopter parents)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Parents",
          "orig": "en:Parents",
          "parents": [
            "Family members",
            "Family",
            "People",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "People",
          "orig": "en:People",
          "parents": [
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Stock characters",
          "orig": "en:Stock characters",
          "parents": [
            "Fictional characters",
            "Fiction",
            "Artistic works",
            "Art",
            "Culture",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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."
      ],
      "id": "en-helicopter_parent-en-noun-sFfUu4Sy",
      "links": [
        [
          "parent",
          "parent"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "note": "male and female parent plural only",
          "roman": "zhíshēngjī fùmǔ",
          "sense": "overly attentive parent",
          "word": "直升機父母"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "overly attentive parent",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "curlingforælder"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "overly attentive parent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "helikopterouder"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "overly attentive parent",
          "tags": [
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "helikopterouders"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "english": "mother",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "overly attentive parent",
          "word": "hanhiemo"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "overly attentive parent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "parent poule"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "overly attentive parent",
          "word": "Helicoptervater"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "monsutā pearento",
          "sense": "overly attentive parent",
          "word": "モンスターペアレント"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "monpe",
          "sense": "overly attentive parent",
          "word": "モンペ"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "monsutā pearentsu",
          "sense": "overly attentive parent",
          "word": "モンスターペアレンツ"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "overly attentive parent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "helikopterforelder"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "overly attentive parent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "curlingforelder"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "vâled-e helikopteri",
          "sense": "overly attentive parent",
          "word": "والد هلیکوپتری"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "overly attentive parent",
          "word": "curlingförälder"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "helicopter parent"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "helicopter parent"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "From the tendency to hover over their children's lives, like a helicopter.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "helicopter parents",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "helicopter parent (plural helicopter parents)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
        "en:Parents",
        "en:People",
        "en:Stock characters"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "parent",
          "parent"
        ]
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "helicopter parent"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "note": "male and female parent plural only",
      "roman": "zhíshēngjī fùmǔ",
      "sense": "overly attentive parent",
      "word": "直升機父母"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "overly attentive parent",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "curlingforælder"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "overly attentive parent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "helikopterouder"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "overly attentive parent",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "helikopterouders"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "mother",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "overly attentive parent",
      "word": "hanhiemo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "overly attentive parent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "parent poule"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "overly attentive parent",
      "word": "Helicoptervater"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "monsutā pearento",
      "sense": "overly attentive parent",
      "word": "モンスターペアレント"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "monpe",
      "sense": "overly attentive parent",
      "word": "モンペ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "monsutā pearentsu",
      "sense": "overly attentive parent",
      "word": "モンスターペアレンツ"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "overly attentive parent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "helikopterforelder"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "overly attentive parent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "curlingforelder"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "vâled-e helikopteri",
      "sense": "overly attentive parent",
      "word": "والد هلیکوپتری"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "overly attentive parent",
      "word": "curlingförälder"
    }
  ],
  "word": "helicopter parent"
}