helicopter mom
a mother who is overprotective
TRANSLATION
helicopter mom = eine überfürsorgliche Mutter --- GOOGLE INDEX helicopter mom: approximately 250,000 Google hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
"I’m not a HELICOPTER MOM," she said, when asked about her parenting style at the Los Angeles premiere of her new movie.
(www.accesshollywood.com)
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Brooke and Paul met in an elite M.B.A. program. He makes $250,000 a year, allowing her to be a full-time HELICOPTER MOM.
(Wall Street Journal)
(www.accesshollywood.com)
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Brooke and Paul met in an elite M.B.A. program. He makes $250,000 a year, allowing her to be a full-time HELICOPTER MOM.
(Wall Street Journal)
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helicopter mom
noun phrase
- a mother who is excessively involved in the life of her child
(Random House Dictionary)
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In an era when society categorizes everything, and everyone, mothers can choose from a variety of terms to describe their parenting style, such as helicopter mom.
This expression stems from the idea of a mother who constantly "hovers" over her child like a helicopter, seemingly trying to control nearly every aspect of the child's life.
Other mom-types include:
- free-range mom = the opposite of the helicopter mom, the free-range mom tends to organize few, if any, activities for the child. Instead, her strategy is to let the child more or less roam where it wants, like a free-range chicken.
- soccer mom = this phrase describes American mothers who spend a lot of time driving their children from one activity to another, whether it's music lessons, after-school tutoring or soccer practice.
- tiger mom = a strict or demanding mother who pushes her children to high levels of achievement, using methods regarded as typical of childrearing in China and other parts of East Asia.
- snow plough mom = similar to the helicopter mom, the snow plough mom stays on the ground in an effort to remove any and all obstacles from the child's development path.
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SYNONYMS
overprotective mother, overbearing mother
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"She admits that she is a helicopter mom."
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Thanks to Ron for suggesting today's word!
noun phrase
- a mother who is excessively involved in the life of her child
(Random House Dictionary)
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In an era when society categorizes everything, and everyone, mothers can choose from a variety of terms to describe their parenting style, such as helicopter mom.
This expression stems from the idea of a mother who constantly "hovers" over her child like a helicopter, seemingly trying to control nearly every aspect of the child's life.
Other mom-types include:
- free-range mom = the opposite of the helicopter mom, the free-range mom tends to organize few, if any, activities for the child. Instead, her strategy is to let the child more or less roam where it wants, like a free-range chicken.
- soccer mom = this phrase describes American mothers who spend a lot of time driving their children from one activity to another, whether it's music lessons, after-school tutoring or soccer practice.
- tiger mom = a strict or demanding mother who pushes her children to high levels of achievement, using methods regarded as typical of childrearing in China and other parts of East Asia.
- snow plough mom = similar to the helicopter mom, the snow plough mom stays on the ground in an effort to remove any and all obstacles from the child's development path.
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SYNONYMS
overprotective mother, overbearing mother
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"She admits that she is a helicopter mom."
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Thanks to Ron for suggesting today's word!
