Parents who seem overly involved in the lives of their young adult children might be called:
This question is new; it was not asked in the 1965–70 survey.
| HELICOPTER PARENTS | 14 |
| HOVERING PARENTS | 6 |
| HELICOPTERS | 2 |
| HOVERERS | 2 |
| OVERLY PROTECTIVE | 2 |
| ATTACHED AT THE HIP | 1 |
| BUTT-IN-SKIS | 1 |
| HELICOPTER | 1 |
| HOVERING | 1 |
| INTERFERING | 1 |
| MEDDLING | 1 |
| MEDDLING PARENTS | 1 |
| MOTHER HENS | 1 |
| OVERPROTECTIVE | 1 |
| SMOTHERING | 1 |
| STAGE PARENTS | 1 |
| “STUPID AS A ROCK, A FRIEND NOT A PARENT” | 1 |
| VELCRO PARENTS | 1 |
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