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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary
helicopter mother
Wikipedia has this:
A helicopter parent is a term for a person who pays extremely close attention to their child or children, particularly at educational institutions.
Is it commonly heard? How about these?
1. grade-conscious mother
2. education-conscious mother
3. mother obsessed with her child's education
4. education mother
Thank you.
A helicopter parent is a term for a person who pays extremely close attention to their child or children, particularly at educational institutions.
Is it commonly heard? How about these?
1. grade-conscious mother
2. education-conscious mother
3. mother obsessed with her child's education
4. education mother
Thank you.
Top answer
I read about "helicopter parents" in magazine articles. 1, 2, and 4 are not terms I've heard. 3 is just a description.
- I read about "helicopter parents" in magazine articles.
- 1, 2, and 4 are not terms I've heard.
- 3 is just a description.
- Helicopter parents care about more than grades.
- At the extreme, they want to make sure EVERYTHING in their childrens' lives is going smoothly.
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I read about "helicopter parents" in magazine articles.
1, 2, and 4 are not terms I've heard. 3 is just a description.
Helicopter parents care about more than grades. At the extreme, they want to make sure EVERYTHING in their childrens' lives is going smoothly. They interfere in roommate choices, class selection, etc. Any little thing giving their children a problem, they want t
1, 2, and 4 are not terms I've heard. 3 is just a description.
Helicopter parents care about more than grades. At the extreme, they want to make sure EVERYTHING in their childrens' lives is going smoothly. They interfere in roommate choices, class selection, etc. Any little thing giving their children a problem, they want t
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Hi,
Yes, I agree. Terms like "helicopter parents" are often invented by the media in the course of writing an article. Very often, such terms are rarely or never heard in real life.
The common term I hear for such parents is an 'over-protective parent'.
Best wishes, Clive
Yes, I agree. Terms like "helicopter parents" are often invented by the media in the course of writing an article. Very often, such terms are rarely or never heard in real life.
The common term I hear for such parents is an 'over-protective parent'.
Best wishes, Clive
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I think the metaphor is these parents are like helicopters, they follow you all the time like a police helicopter, they always hover above you.
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