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(adj.)
Caught between tracking your child responsibly and becoming obsessed with the flood of real-time parenting data.
He was so hoverwhelmed that he'd checked the nanny-cam eight times before their main couse arrived.
Does it ring true?
From the future, or already here?
The overly involved parent’s hover crossed with overwhelmed. Being a helicopter parent (first coined in the 1969 book Between Parent and Teenager) used to be an insult. Soon letting go of the stream of insights about your child’s every moment could feel like negligence. Even if you don’t fully know how to use all that data.
Future Words: A Non-Obvious Glossary of Terms That Don’t Exist (But Soon Will) collects all 100, each with its example sentence and coinage notes, from the bestselling authors of The Future Normal. Hardcover, October 20, 2026.