Archive

Latest term: "Snowplow Parents"

  • Scarlet_Buckeye
    "Tiger moms", then "Helicopter Parents"...now the latest terminology they have come up with is "Snowplow Parents"

    http://living.msn.com/family-parenting/the-family-room-blog-post?post=f68e53cf-bbb8-42f0-b8d5-a8b591507c76
  • like_that
    "I brought lemon cupcakes to a baseball practice once and realized the coach doesn’t like lemon. So I went home and baked vanilla cupcakes and brought them to his house that evening for his family to share," she was quoted

    So she gave him a blow job.
  • Raw Dawgin' it
    like_that;1393098 wrote:"I brought lemon cupcakes to a baseball practice once and realized the coach doesn’t like lemon. So I went home and baked vanilla cupcakes and brought them to his house that evening for his family to share," she was quoted

    So she gave him a blow job.
    this.

    Snot used to be a snow plow parent. From what i recall he was going to eliminate his kids biggest road block, himself.
  • like_that
    Raw Dawgin' it;1393102 wrote:this.

    Snot used to be a snow plow parent. From what i recall he was going to eliminate his kids biggest road block, himself.
    I am sure etb is as well.
  • Raw Dawgin' it
    like_that;1393105 wrote:I am sure etb is as well.
    Pretty sure the color of your skin would determine whether or not ETB turns into a plow or not.
  • sleeper
    I hate parents. Such a sham.
  • Fab4Runner
    I understand the term, but that article made little sense to me.
  • Fly4Fun
    Fab4Runner;1393129 wrote:I understand the term, but that article made little sense to me.
    Agreed. The last few paragraphs don't really follow the central premise.
  • hasbeen
    I get this a lot where I work. Parents try to speak for their kids. We require students to be an advocate for themselves prior to dealing with their parents.
  • said_aouita
    hasbeen;1393161 wrote: We require students to be an advocate for themselves prior to dealing with their parents.

    Good luck with that.
  • hasbeen
    said_aouita;1393208 wrote:Good luck with that.

    It's been a success.
  • Classyposter58
    Mine definitely were, wasn't until I got into high school I could really keep them back. Haha didn't exactly go over the smoothest either