snowplow parent

plural snowplow parents · alternative UK snowplough parent

1. USderogatoryA parent who intervenes to prevent their child from facing obstacles and difficulties.

   Learn ways to avoid being a competitive or snowplow parent.

   2019, Julie Fisher, The Resiliency Puzzle: The Key to Raising Resilient Kids, →ISBN, page 22

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   Both helicopter and snowplow parents are raising children to believe they have few faults and will always be successful.

   2011, Daniel McLean, Amy Hurd, Kraus' Recreation and Leisure in Modern Society, →ISBN, page 150

   In A Nation of Wimps, Hara Marano observes that even the “Helicopter Parent” has become passé, having been replaced by the “Snowplow Parent.”

   2014, Malcolm Gauld, College Success Guaranteed 2.0: 5 Rules for Parents, →ISBN, page 83

   When schools protect children from low marks they are acting as "snowplow" schools, just as parents can be snowplow parents by shoving adversity out of the child's path so they can have a happy life.

   2018, Judy L Arnall, Unschooling To University, →ISBN, page 125

   Synonyms: curling parent