Helicopter parents – the over-controlling, overprotective, often strict parents who hover over their kids like a metaphoric helicopter. Often, they have the best of intentions at heart, but their actions could actually be doing more harm than good. Nobody wants their kid to fail, to be upset, to be physically hurt or to be unwell,Helicopter parents – the over-controlling, overprotective, often strict parents who hover over their kids like a metaphoric helicopter. Often, they have the best of intentions at heart, but their actions could actually be doing more harm than good. Nobody wants their kid to fail, to be upset, to be physically hurt or to be unwell,Helicopter parents – the over-controlling, overprotective, often strict parents who hover over their kids like a metaphoric helicopter. Often, they have the best of intentions at heart, but their actions could actually be doing more harm than good. Nobody wants their kid to fail, to be upset, to be physically hurt or to be unwell,Read MoreParenting, Parenting Style