"iPad parent" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-iPad parent.wav Forms: iPad parents [plural]
Etymology: By analogy with iPad kid (“a child who is addicted to using their tablet”). Head templates: {{en-noun}} iPad parent (plural iPad parents)
  1. (Internet slang, derogatory, neologism) A parent who allows their child near-unlimited (usually unsupervised) screen time; a parent who lets a tablet, such as an iPad, raise their child. Tags: Internet, derogatory, neologism Hyponyms: iPad father, iPad mother
    Sense id: en-iPad_parent-en-noun-EmpUxU~a Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English neologisms, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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