The Effect of 'Snow Plow' Parenting

The Effect of 'Snow Plow' Parenting

AND JUST LIKE THESE SNOWPLOWS... THESE PARENTS MAKEA CLEAR PATH FOR THEIRKIDS... WITH NO OBSTACLES.EXPERTS SAY IT COULD BESETTING THEM UP TO FAIL.

SOWE'RE SHOWING YOU THEIMPACTS OF BEING A "SNOWPLOW" PARENT... AND WHYTAKING A STEP BACK, MAY BEYOUR BEST MOVE.YOU MAY HAVE HEARD THE TERMHELICOPTER PARENTING-- -EVENLAWNMOWER PARENTING... NOWWE HAVE "SNOW PLOW"PARENTING....it's a newer term, snowplow parenting where theyare just plowing througheverything for them"6TH GRADE ENGLISH TEACHERJORDAN MADURA SAYS SHE SEESIT CONSTANTLY.... i've definitely hadtimes when I've spoke to aparent andthe parent is like I don'tunderstand why this test hasto be this way, like isn'tthere a way that you canpostponebecause of X,Y, and Z askingfor more things that I wouldexpect that the kid couldask for"CHILD DEVELOPMENT EXPERTKATEY MCPHERSON SAYS WETHERIT'SHELICOPTER, LAWNMOWNER ORSNOWPLOWING PARENTS--ALL OFIT BASED OUT OF FEAR.:...we really are afraid ofthe world, this is an unsafeplace so i'm going tohunker down, I'm going toprotect mybabies I'm going tocarefully engineer playdates, club soccerschedules, junior high, highschool path tocollege etc" AND HOWEXACTLY DOES IT AFFECT OURKIDS---TAKE A LOOK AT THENUMBERS: --30 PERCENT OF 18TO 34 YEAR OLD MEN ARELIVING AT HOME WITH MOM ANDDAD ---GETTING A DRIVER'SLICENSE AND DRIVING IS NOT APRIORITY-- --AND MANY TIMESAFTER THEIR FIRST YEAR OFCOLLEGE--THEY COME BACKHOME, FOR GOOD." they don't have the lifeskills to deal with a meanroomate or a mean professor"EDUCATORS AND EXPERTS SAYTHE SAME THING: FAILURE ISAND WILL ALWAYS HAVE TO BEPART OF SUCCESS....I think back on my lifeand the challenges that Ifaced have really helpedshape me as a person andhave taught me so much thatI wouldn't have learned anyother way" THAT LEARNINGEXPERIENCE FROMCONFLICT AND RESOLUTION ISNOT SOMETHING WE CAN PLOWTHEM AWAYFROM FOR THE REST OF THEIRLIVES.:.....when parents allowkids to fail.

When parentsallow kids to have a voicein their own family andtheir own schooling we see asocial confidence andresilience and maturity goway up"SO THE BIG TAKE-AWAY ISPARENTS... YOU'VE GOT TOKNOW IT'S OKAY TO LET GO ANDLET YOUR KIDS LEARN FROMTHEIR MISTAKES.TIME FOR WEATHER WITHMETEOROLOGIST CLINT BOONE.