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Snowplow Parenting: Why A Little Unhappiness Might Actually Be Good For Children
Move over helicopter parents — the “snowplow” parents are here, and their style takes obsessive parenting one step further, sadly to the detriment of their children.
By Hayley Lewis3 min read
Helicopter parenting paved the way for the modern, more intense snowplow parents. Carolyn Daitch, Ph.D. and director of the Center for the Treatment of Anxiety Disorders, says helicopter parents "are over focused on their children" and "typically take too much responsibility for their children's experiences and, specifically, their successes or failures.”