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snowplow parenting en · NOUN
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(derogatory, uncountable) A parenting style in which the parent attempts to shield their child from all obstacles and adversity.
Today, parents with means have turned to snowplow parenting.
2019 April 6, Jeff Long, “Snowplow parenting”, in Southeast Missourian:Snowplow Parenting is Expensive
2019 March 22, Patrick A. Coleman, “Snowplow Parenting Isn't Just Morally Repulsive, It's Bad For Kids”, in Fatherly:There appears to be no empirical research on snowplow parenting yet, but both parenting styles could be defined as versions of over-protective parenting, about which there is some evidence.
2013 July 16, “Helicopter, snowplow or free range – what's your parenting style?”, in The Conversation-:Texting and social media have allowed parents to keep ever closer track of their progeny. Snowplow parenting is an even more obsessive form.
2019 March 16, Claire Cain Miller, Jonah Engel Bromwich, “How Parents Are Robbing Their Children of Adulthood”, in New York Times: