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helicopter parent
helicopter parent
A parent who is overly attentive and doting toward their child or children. The term comes from the notion that they are "hovering" around their children at all times. Don't be a helicopter parent. Your daughter is 18 and fully capable of picking her own classes.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Graham | | GRAY-əm, GRAM | Scottish, English |
| Eliot | | EL-ee-ət | English |
| Lorena (2) | | - | English |
| Pocahontas | | - | History, Native American, Algonquin |
| Morgan (2) | | - | Arthurian Romance |
| Eleazar | | el-ee-AY-zər (English) | Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek |