2016年6月25日 星期六

helicopter parent


A message to "helicopter parents". From the archive



helicopter parent

NOUN

informal
A parent who takes an overprotective or excessive interest in the life of their child or children:some college officials see all this as the behaviour of an overindulged generation, raised by helicopter parents and lacking in resilience

Derivatives

helicopter parenting

NOUN

Origin

1980s: from the notion of the parent ‘hovering’ over the child or children.

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