snowplow parenting
Removing children's obstacles
Snowplow parenting is a style of child-rearing where parents clear obstacles from their children's path rather than letting them face challenges independently.
The snowplow parent intervenes with teachers, coaches, and administrators to smooth the way: Snowplow parenting got her into college, but she couldn't handle it once she arrived.
The term is usually critical, suggesting such parents produce fragile, unprepared adults.
Also called lawnmower parenting or bulldozer parenting.
- overprotectiveGuarding too zealously
- coddlingOverindulgent, protective treatment
- interferingIntruding in others' affairs
- intrusiveInvading others' privacy
- controllingExerting authority over others
enabling · soft landing · shielding · self-efficacy · hovering · mediating · dependency · smothering · learned helplessness · failure to launch · societal expectations · resilience · generational shifts · micromanaging · problem-solving skills · autonomy · life skills · tiger mom
- helicopter parentingoverprotection, hovering, micromanaging, overscheduling, academic pressure
- overparentingoverprotective, overprotection, overprotecting, mollycoddling, mollycoddle
- parentingchild, mom, children, kids, childcare
snowplow parentingfree-range parenting
Child-rearing emphasizing independence
hands-off parenting · neglectful parenting · tough love · permissive parenting · benign neglect
snowplow parentingfree-range parenting
Child-rearing emphasizing independence
authoritative parenting · gentle parenting · mindful parenting
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