<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"><html><head><title>[Bobwhite Blather] Move over, helicopter parents: Here comes the snowplow</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="http://bobwhiteblather.com/bb/wp-content/themes/twentyseventeen/style.css" type="text/css" media="screen" /><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body>There's a new item at Bobwhite Blather: '<a href="https://bobwhiteblather.com/move-over-helicopter-parents-here-comes-the-snowplow/?utm_source=subscribe2&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=postnotify&utm_id=5158&utm_title=Move+over%2C+helicopter+parents%3A+Here+comes+the+snowplow ">Move over, helicopter parents: Here comes the snowplow</a>'<br />
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<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-5165" src="https://bobwhiteblather.com/bb/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/snowplow.jpg" alt="" width="180" height="240" />You’ve probably heard the term <em>helicopter parents.</em> These are parents who seem to hover above their children, manipulating them like marionettes and steering them around life’s obstacles. Afraid to see their children fail, they try to push them to make the right decisions, acting as managers and spokesmen and try to erase any uncertainty. We’ve written about the subject several times in the context of <a href="http://bobwhiteblather.com/remember-when-you-were-a-kid/">highly organized activity schedules,</a> <a href="https://bobwhiteblather.com/helicopter-scouters/">staying out of the Scouts’ way</a>, and <a href="https://bobwhiteblather.com/more-on-helicoptering/">mentoring and guiding our Scouts,</a> rather than directing and managing them.</p>
<p>I heard another term a couple weeks ago listening to a <a href="http://wemu.org/post/art-soul-art-well-being-parenting-and-plan-b" target="_blank" rel="noopener">radio interview with a local parenting expert. </a> In a discussion on raising resilient kids and teaching them the coping skills they’ll need later in life,</p><br />
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