0 the activity of removing snow from roads and railways using special vehicles : --
1 the behaviour of a parent who removes or deals with problems for a child, so they never have to do anything difficult and never fail, and do not learn how to do things for themselves: --
What is snowplough parenting and should we be concerned about it?
Snowploughing is shovelling all problems out of the way before your child even hits them.
They own and maintain a large fleet of snowploughing equipment.
After a winter of snowploughing, engineers will see how the ramps held up.
Urban areas are especially challenging for snowploughing because the snowplough creates snow banks that block driveways.