snowplow parent
Obstacle-clearing caretaker
A snowplow parent clears obstacles from their child's path rather than letting the child face challenges independently.
The term suggests pushing aside difficulties—academic, social, professional—before the child encounters them.
Like helicopter parents who hover anxiously, snowplow parents over-intervene, but with emphasis on preemptive removal of hardship: Snowplow parents call professors to dispute their adult children's grades.
- overprotectiveGuarding too zealously
- tiger momIntensely demanding maternal figure
- intrusiveInvading others' privacy
- coddlingOverindulgent, protective treatment
- bubble wrapAir-filled plastic cushioning
overbearing · involved · problem-solving skills · learned helplessness · failure to launch · control · college admissions · academic pressure · enabling · coping mechanisms · emotional intelligence · resilience · child development · entitlement · self-efficacy · self-confidence · independence · letting go
- parenting stereotypeshelicopter mom, soccer mom, tiger mom, stage mom, overbearing mother