Cool new term, "Helicopter parents"

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"The new term is helicopter parents," said McKee.

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I first heard the term on "60 Minutes" in a story about "echo boomers", the children of the baby boomer generation. Story here.

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They're hovered over by what college administrators call "helicopter parents." Protected and polished, they are trophy children in every sense of the word.


"Everybody gets a trophy at the end of the year. It's something you're used to," adds Gissing. "And you have the rows of trophies lined up on your windowsill, or whatever."

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