lawnmower parenting
Obstacle-clearing parenting style
Lawnmower parenting is a style of overprotective child-rearing in which parents clear obstacles from their children's paths rather than letting them face challenges.
The lawnmower parent contacts teachers about grades, intervenes in playground disputes, and smooths over any difficulty before the child encounters it.
The term suggests parents who mow down problems ahead of their children, related to but more extreme than helicopter parenting: Lawnmower parenting doesn't prepare kids for the real world.
- helicopterRotary-wing aircraft
- overprotectiveGuarding too zealously
- hoveringSuspended without support
- controllingExerting authority over others
- snowplowVehicle clearing frozen precipitation
bulldozer · clearing · paving the way · obstacles · smoothing · path · sheltering · coddling · micromanaging · anxious · smothering · rescuing · intervention · bubble-wrap · entitled · college · college prep · admissions
lawnmower parentingfree-range parenting
Child-rearing emphasizing independence
hands-off parenting · neglectful parenting · benign neglect · tough love · permissive parenting
lawn, mower, mow, lawns, mowers, mows, mowed, mowing, lawnmowers