Teen drivers, who lack the experience of mature drivers, would get supervision that even a helicopter parent would appreciate.

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All professors experience the vagaries of school administrations, competitive or antipathetic colleagues, the inexplicable thought processes of grant committees, the threat of a career permanently derailed by strangers, and the occasional helicopter parent and self-entitled student.

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Michelle is the kind of helicopter parent that you might be if your helicopter was Marine One: she demands that Sasha and Malia finish their homework a day in advance when possible, and asks for written reports on their travels.

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Full disclosure: I spend a ton of time with my children, never travel, barely work and am a helicopter parent like you can't believe, and yet even I hired a baby nurse, because newborns are scary little aliens who look like you might smoosh them at any moment.

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