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informaldisapprovingaparentwho iscloselyinvolvedwiththeirchild'slifeandtriestocontrolit too much,especiallytheirchild'seducation （对子女教育控制太多的）直升机家长 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesPeople in charge of or controlling other people - acephalous
- administrator
- anti-management
- authority
- bureaucrat
- conservator
- controller
- council
- counter-power
- dean
- management
- manipulator
- mistress
- movers and shakers
- too many chiefs and not enough Indiansidiom
- top dog
- troika
- tsar
- vice president
- yourlord and masteridiom
See more results » Examplesofhelicopter parenthelicopter parent In this regard, it's worth noting that the terms "helicopterparent" and "overparenting" only entered general usage in the past decade or so.FromThe Atlantic You don't have to be ahelicopterparentto see the value in keeping children out of the middle of the road.FromTechCrunch Thehelicopterparentis that parent who is over-involved in his/her children's lives.FromHuffington Post Nobody wants to be called ahelicopterparent-- but who is totally innocent of micromanaging their children's lives?FromThe Atlantic I'm nohelicopterparent, nor one who ever feared an "empty nest" syndrome; my own life is full.FromNPR If you are not that materialistic, you can't be ahelicopterparent.FromSlate Magazine You are not ahelicopterparentif your kid is not in a zillion extracurriculars.FromSlate Magazine This overjustification effect is the bane of helicopter parents everywhere.FromSlate Magazine However, what these so-called helicopter parents might not realize is that their hovering ways can undermine their child's advancement, instead of making them soar.FromCNN Today's hyperventilating "helicopter parents" are comic fish in a barrel.FromThe Atlantic I can hear the helicopter parents taking off now.FromDallas Morning News Psychologists warn us that children of helicopter parents lack confidence in themselves.FromHuffington Post Many students, however, won't admit to having so-called helicopter parents and say their parents are simply concerned about what's going on in their lives.FromNPR Would someone who had helicopter parents (and he didn't) have given up?FromChicago Tribune Today's helicopter parents simply don't give their children enough credit.FromHuffington Post These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |