Almost everyone is familiar with the term “helicopter parenting.” When parents take an overprotective and excessive interest in their children and what they do, the moniker fits.

But now there’s a new term entering the lexicon. It’s called “snowplow parenting.” A recent New York Times article summed it up as, “machines chugging ahead, clearing any obstacles in their child’s path to success, so they don’t have to encounter failure, frustration or lost opportunities.”