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“Helicopter parent” is a pejorative expression applied to parents who pay extremely close attention to their children, hovering closely overhead like helicopters. In Scandinavia, the phenomenon is known as “curling” parenthood—describing parents who sweep away all obstacles from their children’s paths, just as athletes in the sport of curling sweep the ice in front of their stones. What device often blamed for the rise of helicopter parents has been called “the world’s longest umbilical cord”? Discuss
Source: The Free Dictionary