Societal Trends

noun Parenting style characterized by overprotectiveness and excessive intervention in a child's life

• The concept of lawnmower parenting involves parents who try to remove all obstacles and challenges from their children's lives.
• Lawnmower parenting is like when parents hover over their kids and make sure they never have to deal with any problems on their own.
• Some people call it 'helicopter parenting', but I think lawnmower parenting is a more accurate term.
• Just like a lawnmower cuts down grass in its path, lawnmower parenting cuts down any obstacles that may come in a child's way.

noun lack of emotion or feeling; absence of affect

• The patient's affectlessness made it difficult for the doctor to assess their emotional state.
• Her affectlessness is starting to worry me; she hasn't shown any emotion in days.
• I can't deal with his affectlessness anymore, it's like talking to a brick wall.
• The barren landscape mirrored the affectlessness of his soul.