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snowplow parents

snowplow parents is the plural of snowplow parent.

Meaning of snowplow parent

Noun

snowplow parent (plural snowplow parents)

  1. (US, derogatory) 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.2011, Daniel McLean, Amy Hurd, Kraus' Recreation and Leisure in Modern Society, →ISBN, page 150
    Synonyms:
    curling parent

Questions about snowplow parents

What is snowplow parents the plural of?
Snowplow parents is the plural of snowplow parent.

Words near snowplow parents in the dictionary

  1. snowploughing
  2. snowploughs
  3. snowplow
  4. snowplow parent
  5. snowplow parenting
  6. snowplow parents
  7. snowplowed
  8. snowplowing
  9. snowplows
  10. snowpocalypse
  11. snowpocalypses

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