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All posts tagged

helicopter-parents

February 26, 2019

The Helicopter Bunny

by Elizabeth Hoey
August 14, 2018

Other Transportation Metaphors Besides “Helicopter Parent”

by Tom Russell and Wendi Aarons
November 10, 2015

Other Vehicular Styles of Parenting

by Shannon Reed
March 4, 2011

Geppetto, Helicopter Parent

by G. Xavier Robillard

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February 19, 2021

I’m a Short Afternoon Walk and You’re Putting Way Too Much Pressure on Me

by Emily Delaney
February 22, 2021

The UX on this Small Child Is Terrible

by Leslie Ylinen
February 24, 2021

I Oppose the Democrats’ Plan to Lower Child Poverty. If Kids Want to Eat, They Should Work In Filthy Factories Like They Did in the Good Old Days

by Rebecca Saltzman
February 16, 2021

As a Superhero Teacher, I Can’t Wait to Sacrifice My Unvaccinated Life for Your Child

by Summer Koester

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February 26, 2021

The Cure’s “Friday I’m in Love” for Nihilists

by Caroline Beach
February 26, 2021

As a Staunch Defender of American Liberty, I Refuse to Let Trans People Infringe on My Rights as a White, Straight, Cisgender Congresswoman from Georgia

by Bobbie Armstrong
February 26, 2021

You’re Having a Bad Trip, Charlie Brown!

by Caitlin C. Baker
February 25, 2021

714 Epidemiologists on When We Can Resume Fixating on Petty Bullshit

by Teddy Wayne