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.
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texticopter parenting: texting your teen at school to see if they've signed up for a class, conferenced with a teacher, remembered to pack warm enough undergarments for after school sports, etc.
by jpal June 20, 2016
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The opposite of Helicopter Parenting, where rather than hovering over and monitoring children closely, the parent remains in a stationary position, only turning their head when they hear crying or someone yelling "Mom" or "Dad" for a sustained period of time.
I'm more into Tank Parenting, where I just swivel my head and yell when my kid is demanding my attention
by jbassic July 25, 2018
Get the tank parenting mug.Dropping your child off at someone else's house to be watched while you go off and get your eyebrows waxed or someother such nonsense while simultaneously doing some rat-tastic bullshit like handing over the child with a known soiled diaper or dropping off the child for hours with no diapers, food, or other child essentials.
-Honey, what's that smell?
-Danielle dropped off her baby with a loaded diaper.
-Oh let me grab you a diaper and some wipes.
-There isn't any, I already checked.
-Ain't that some Rat Queen Parenting.
-Danielle dropped off her baby with a loaded diaper.
-Oh let me grab you a diaper and some wipes.
-There isn't any, I already checked.
-Ain't that some Rat Queen Parenting.
by Doug Avery December 18, 2008
Get the Rat Queen Parenting mug.A form of hacking, as applied to telephone networks. Phone phreaks exploit weaknesses in the phone system to make long-distance calls for free, tap into other's calls, take control of lines, get free phone services, and the like.
Phreaks (or phreakers) are usually motivated more by technical curiosity and the hacker ethos than any criminal intent (although phreaking is most certainly illegal). To bounce a call through a dozen different switching systems around the world, to your friend next door - all for free - is regarded by phreaks as an accomplishment. The fact that they are committing fraud and felonies in the process is regarded as incidental - or perhaps part of the fun.
The tools of phreaking often take the form of "boxes", such as the blue box, red box, or beige box. These devices - whose names refer to their function, not their actual color - generate various useful audio frequencies or electrical signals. The "red box", which allows you to make free calls from pay phones, is the easiest to build and can be assembled using two parts from Radio Shack that cost less than ten dollars.
The archetypal phone phreak is John Draper, aka Captain Crunch, who began phreaking on the West Coast in the 1960s.
The practice of phreaking has declined in recent years, as phone networks have been upgraded from old analog systems to newer, less vulnerable digital systems.
Phreaks (or phreakers) are usually motivated more by technical curiosity and the hacker ethos than any criminal intent (although phreaking is most certainly illegal). To bounce a call through a dozen different switching systems around the world, to your friend next door - all for free - is regarded by phreaks as an accomplishment. The fact that they are committing fraud and felonies in the process is regarded as incidental - or perhaps part of the fun.
The tools of phreaking often take the form of "boxes", such as the blue box, red box, or beige box. These devices - whose names refer to their function, not their actual color - generate various useful audio frequencies or electrical signals. The "red box", which allows you to make free calls from pay phones, is the easiest to build and can be assembled using two parts from Radio Shack that cost less than ten dollars.
The archetypal phone phreak is John Draper, aka Captain Crunch, who began phreaking on the West Coast in the 1960s.
The practice of phreaking has declined in recent years, as phone networks have been upgraded from old analog systems to newer, less vulnerable digital systems.
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Get the phreaking mug.Being a parent. (Children optional.) (I mean, seriously, if it were about children the term would mention children.) (But it's "parenting," which means it's all about me, the parent, and the child, if any, is merely an accessory, like my handbag or my iPhone.) (Only more expensive.)
My mother and father all but killed themselves raising my brothers and sisters and me. I'm so glad my generation invented parenting instead.
by ak4mc February 20, 2011
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