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overparenting

overparenting noun: excessive parenting, as by being overprotective towards one's child. Also the present participle and gerund of overparent.

Noun

overparenting (uncountable)

  1. Excessive parenting, as by being overprotective towards one's child.
    • (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.)2009 May 10, Susan Dominus, “I Love You More”, in New York Times

Also used as

overparenting is also the present participle and gerund of overparent.

Origin of overparenting

From over- + parenting.

Questions about overparenting

What does overparenting mean?
Overparenting means excessive parenting, as by being overprotective towards one's child.
What part of speech is overparenting?
Overparenting is a noun.

Words near overparenting in the dictionary

  1. overparented
  2. overparenthesize
  3. overparenthesized
  4. overparenthesizes
  5. overparenthesizing
  6. overparenting
  7. overparents
  8. overpark
  9. overparked
  10. overparking
  11. overparks

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