Originally Posted by JonLaw
Can we all at least agree that the appropriate term is "snowplow" parents and not lawnmower parents?

Because the snowplow dumps the snow onto other people making it their problem while keeping their kids on the nice plowed track.

Good point. Mulching is not exactly what is happening to bystanders.

I still think that the result is topiary children, however. Hedge trimmers. They seem benign enough until you look at the results.

Schrödinger's cat walks into a bar. And doesn't.