At the same time, such surrogate servers also allow helicopter parents to hover a bit too closely.

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So-called "helicopter parents" have been identified as part of modern campus life.

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Even with helicopter parents and years of college education, people forget that getting a job in this world is about selling yourself.

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Several books like Bringing up Bebe and the Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother have debated the frenzy of overachieving, helicopter parents living out their own dreams by pushing their kids.

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We live in an age of helicopter parents so pushy and overbearing that Colorado Springs banned its annual Easter-egg hunt on account of adults jumping the starter's gun and scooping up treat-filled plastic eggs on behalf of their winsome kids.

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And I think one of the things that I kept seeing the longer I was there was that there was this sense of entitlement that was bolstered by what we called helicopter parents - that were always there to smooth things over, to make excuses, to pass the buck.

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In the new era of helicopter parenting, more and more parents and kids are meeting up, and clashing, on Facebook, MySpace and other social-networking sites.

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Statements were read out from Karen and Mark Porcelli, the parents of Ben, who said they did not give Mr McRae permission to take their son in the helicopter.

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