hovering parent

• helicopterRotary-wing aircraft
• overprotectiveGuarding too zealously
• smotheringDepriving of air
• controllingExerting authority over others
• anxiousTroubled by uncertainty

overbearing · micromanaging · watchful · clingy · suffocating · coddling · meddling · doting · vigilant · snowplow · lawnmower · bubble-wrap · fussing · worried · intrusive · shadowing · monitoring · sheltering

• protective parentshelicopter parent, tiger mom, mama bear, papa bear