Drone parents: In contrast to helicopter parents they do not hover above their children all the time, but they can strike any minute, are on autopilot most of the time and can cause tremendous collateral damage.
With the financial crisis, parents meeded to work longer than ever and could no longer afford the time and money and manpower to be helicopter parents. Instead, the resorted to a more modern alternative, cheaper, and with more surgical strikes... The drone parents started torule the skys of schools, universities, kindergatens, and were feared....
by Unmanned aerial vehicle May 20, 2012
The act of parenting in a manner in which you are so far up your own kid's ass that you lose your identity, or ability to function in a reasonable, rational and otherwise non-destructive way.
I used to worry about being supportive of my kid, but then I saw Christy and her drone parenting style - I'm alright letting little Jonny entertain himself a while.
by Snarky_Minotaur October 30, 2014