Sentences with phrase «snowplow parents»

Snowplow parents forget that their principle job is not to make sure that a child is successful, but to make sure that a child becomes a competent adult; the success will follow if it is merited.

Since its falls on overparenting category, snowplow parenting is the latest controversial parenting approach that has a set of negative impact on children.

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You will also acquire strategies to help anxious parents («bulldozers,» «helicopters» and «snowplows») be more effective in supporting their anxious children.

It is hard to choose one memory — my parents did a fantastic job of making Christmas special for me and my three sisters — so I'll share the first thing that comes to mind: sitting by my window as a child late on Christmas Eve, watching the snow come down in big flakes, and pretending the jostling chains on the wheels of the snowplows driving by were sleigh bells.