OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 60792

snowplow parent

Meanings (ES + gloss)
padre helicóptero
A parent who intervenes to prevent their child from facing obstacles and difficulties.
Both helicopter and snowplow parents are raising children to believe they have few faults and will always be successful.
In A Nation of Wimps, Hara Marano observes that even the “Helicopter Parent” has become passé, having been replaced by the “Snowplow Parent.”
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