Meanings
nounhelicopter parent (plural helicopter parents)
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.
Origin
From the tendency to hover over their children's lives, like a helicopter.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan pare helicòpter, mare helicòpter
- pare helicòpteroverly attentive parent
- mare helicòpteroverly attentive parent
Chinese Mandarin 直升機父母 /直升机父母
- 直升機父母 /直升机父母 (zhíshēngjī fùmǔ)overly attentive parent
Danish curlingforælder
- curlingforælderoverly attentive parent
Dutch helikopterouder
- helikopterouderoverly attentive parent
Finnish hanhiemo
- hanhiemooverly attentive parent
French parent poule
- parent pouleoverly attentive parent
German Helicoptervater
- Helicoptervateroverly attentive parent
Japanese モンスターペアレント, モンペ
- モンスターペアレント (monsutā pearento)overly attentive parent
- モンペ (monpe)overly attentive parent
- モンスターペアレンツ (monsutā pearentsu)overly attentive parent
Norwegian Bokmål helikopterforelder, curlingforelder
- helikopterforelderoverly attentive parent
- curlingforelderoverly attentive parent
Persian والد هلیکوپتری
- والد هلیکوپتری (vâled-e helikopteri)overly attentive parent
Polish rodzic-helikopter
- rodzic-helikopteroverly attentive parent
Swedish curlingförälder
- curlingförälderoverly attentive parent
Cite this entry
APA
helicopter parent. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/helicopter%20parent
MLA
“helicopter parent.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/helicopter%20parent. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “helicopter parent,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/helicopter%20parent.
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