A close/best friend that still loves you, but no longer needs you for support, entertainment, guidance, affection, etc., and gradually stops involving you in their life/seeking you out in the same way or for the same reasons.
They still love you and will still answer/respond at the same rate when you reach out to them, but will no longer contact you on their own unless it's a special occasion, an emergency, or they need something specific.
Much like how children and young adults stop wanting to spend time with their parents and would rather spend time with their friends instead.
Being parent-zoned means you've essentially been replaced as a friend but without any malice or loss of love / emotional importance.
They still love you and will still answer/respond at the same rate when you reach out to them, but will no longer contact you on their own unless it's a special occasion, an emergency, or they need something specific.
Much like how children and young adults stop wanting to spend time with their parents and would rather spend time with their friends instead.
Being parent-zoned means you've essentially been replaced as a friend but without any malice or loss of love / emotional importance.
He still treats me with a lot of love and respect and is always there when I need him, but he doesn't call or text nearly as much as he used to. His personal situation hasn't changed, guess I've just been parent-zoned.
by Linas Hulac July 04, 2023
by Sir Leaky Bum October 02, 2021
they are not my parents they are jimmys parents
by mmmmmmmmilk April 20, 2020
When a parent just spanks and punishes their kid rather than putting in an actual effort to TEACH them appropriate behavior, and to *explain* why they should or can't do something rather than just telling them to do or not to do it.
"Because I said so" is used on a daily basis.
"Because I said so" is used on a daily basis.
Jane: just put him in time out and get it over with
Lisa: No, that's just lazy parenting and teaches nothing.
Lisa: No, that's just lazy parenting and teaches nothing.
by q_w_e_r_t_y March 15, 2021
An American parenting website which advocates techniques amounting to emotional abuse, as well as a worldview which should have been left in the 1950s.
My child's not been behaving like some sort of mid-twentieth-century Puritain, but that Lehman bloke over at Empowering Parents said I should just discipline her and totally ignore the underlying issues.
by Gorillagramophone55 May 20, 2022
by Anita Dickk May 12, 2019
by Boclocfox August 17, 2021