overparenting

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

over- +‎ parenting

Noun[edit]

overparenting (uncountable)

  1. Excessive parenting, as by being overprotective towards one's child.
    • 2009 May 10, Susan Dominus, “I Love You More”, in New York Times[1]:
      (You might think this was in an essay on the perils of overparenting; it’s actually one in which she realizes that she can’t foist her own childhood anxieties onto her own socially adroit children.)

Verb[edit]

overparenting

  1. present participle and gerund of overparent