English
Etymology
From the tendency to hover over their children's lives, like a helicopter.
Noun
helicopter parent (plural helicopter parents)
- 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.
Translations
overly attentive parent
- Catalan: pare helicòpter (ca) m, mare helicòpter (ca) f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 直升機父母 / 直升机父母 (zhíshēngjī fùmǔ) (male and female parent plural only)
- Danish: curlingforælder c
- Dutch: helikopterouder (nl) m
- Finnish: hanhiemo (mother)
- French: parent poule m
- German: Helicoptervater
- Japanese: モンスターペアレント (monsutā pearento), モンペ (monpe), モンスターペアレンツ (monsutā pearentsu)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: helikopterforelder m, curlingforelder m
- Persian: والد هلیکوپتری (vâled-e helikopteri)
- Swedish: curlingförälder (sv)
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