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helicopter-parents

March 21, 2023

We Would Like to Discuss Why Our Preschooler Was Replaced After Only One Week as Snack Helper

by Jeremy Blachman
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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April 21, 2025

Getting Ahead of It: JD Vance Almost Definitely Didn’t Kill the Pope

by Eli Grober
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This Five-Hundred-Word Bumper Sticker on My Tesla Explains Why I’m Not a Bad Person

by Lia Woodward and Leah Folta
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by Carlos Greaves
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by Andrew Marshall

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Open Letter to the Guy with “Dad” in His LinkedIn Headline

by Lauren Ahmed
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by Carla M. Lopez
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by Ash Diggs and Jennie Egerdie
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by Ginny Hogan