"Helicopter" parents try too hard

[AStar617]

...but is not a busybody parent by any other name just as overbearing?

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/artic...11/07/helicopter_parents_try_too_hard/

Multipage article so sorry, no in-thread cut/paste.

 

[Tobolo]

my girlfriend is like that. She has now started asking me what to do instead of her parents. My answer to her is to make a decision and then stick with it.