Overparenting
noun, verb
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Excessive parenting, as by being overprotective towards one's child. uncountable
"(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
- 1 present participle and gerund of overparent form-of, gerund, participle, present
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"(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.)"
Etymology
From over- + parenting.
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