[wccrawford]

"Helicopter parent" is definitely used a lot here in the US.

"Curling parent" is new to me, but as a nation, we aren't really into Curling. You have to have a good image of the thing in your mind for it to really catch on as a phrase.

That said, I think it's a very good image for how those parents treat their children.

Canada is much more into Curling than we are, and I wonder if they use that term.

[cbcoutinho]

In the states I've heard the term 'bulldozer-parenting', but I like the curling one more now

[Mbioguy]

Snowplow parenting too.

[pimmen]

Well, if it's an apt term maybe its spread to the United States might make the overprotecting parents reflect.