Are You A Lawnmower Parent?
It’s great to be an involved parent by making sure you’re engaging with your child and offering them a variety of experiences, but when is it too much? You’ve heard…
It's great to be an involved parent by making sure you're engaging with your child and offering them a variety of experiences, but when is it too much? You've heard of the helicopter parent that hovers over the child. Well there's a new parenting term that's been coined by a teacher who observes it in her kids' relationships with their parenets.
Have you heard of a lawnmower parent? They're willing to mow over any obstacle in Little Suzy's or Little Johnny's path so they can have their way and be happy. It's a great way to raise entitled kids. Maybe it's not such a bad thing for kids to learn that life isn't always fair and they won't always get their way.
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Roxanne is a co-host on the MJ Morning Show and host of Middays on Q105 in Tampa Bay. She also hosts segments on The Current, which features local feel-good stories and health and wellness segments, and airs on five of the six Tampa-based Beasley Media Group stations. Roxanne has conducted hundreds of interviews, from athletes to Oscar winners, including Matt Damon, Christian Bale, and Chadwick Boseman. She also specializes in media training, having worked with clients in the NFL, NBA and WWE for television, in print, and online. Roxanne is a published author and will be releasing a thriller novel in 2024. Her favorite thing in the world is being with her two daughters and husband. As a content creator for Q105, Roxanne writes about family activities in the Tampa Bay area, as well as reviews for local restaurants and travel.
