competitive parenting
Keeping up parentally
Competitive parenting is treating child-rearing as a contest against other parents—measuring success through children's achievements, activities, and milestones relative to peers.
It manifests in overscheduling kids with enrichment activities, boasting about accomplishments, or anxiously comparing developmental timelines: The competitive parenting at that school is exhausting—everyone's kids have tutors and three extracurriculars by age six.
- helicopterRotary-wing aircraft
- tiger momIntensely demanding maternal figure
- pressureForce upon contact
- mommy warsConflicts between parenting styles
- overachieverOne exceeding all expectations
comparison · bragging · tutoring · enrichment classes · gifted · rankings · soccer mom · pushy · achievement · extracurriculars · resume building · perfectionism · rivalry · grades · college admissions · ivy league · Pinterest · humble brag
- helicopter parentingoverprotection, hovering, micromanaging, overscheduling, academic pressure
competitive parentingfree-range parenting
Child-rearing emphasizing independence
unschooling · gentle parenting · permissive parenting · hands-off parenting · neglectful parenting
competitive parentingfree-range parenting
Child-rearing emphasizing independence
attachment parenting · unschooling · self-directed learning · benign neglect · helicopter parenting
competitive parentingmindful parenting
Aware approach to raising children
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