overparenting

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noun

Excessive parenting, as by being overprotective towards one's child.

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Meanings

nounoverparenting (uncountable)
  1. uncountableExcessive parenting, as by being overprotective towards one's child.

    (You might think this was in an essay on the perils of overparenting; it’s actually one in which she realizes that she can’t foist her own childhood anxieties onto her own socially adroit children.)

    2009 May 10, Susan Dominus, “I Love You More”, in New York Times
verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of overparent

Origin

From over- + parenting.

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APA

overparenting. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overparenting

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“overparenting.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overparenting. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overparenting,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overparenting.

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