have been accused of being a helicopter parent.
here’s an example: my mother was a very sound sleeper. because of this, it really took a lot of guts for any of us to wake her up in the middle of the night. we knew it would involve a lot of shaking of her shoulders. eventually, she would leap up in bed with a loud, “what is it?” gulp. it had better be good because by this time dad was awake.
for me, it was either “i’m going to throw up,” or “i can’t sleep.” if i was going to throw up, she was liable to ask me why i was telling her 