This beauty pageant is full of accessory parents
by novium January 11, 2017
When the thought of having children scares you because of the multitude of problems that could occur from the timeline of their birth to adulthood.
Spouse: want to have kids?
Me: Umm...sure.
Spouse: are those tears of joy?
Me: no tears of anxiety. What if something goes wrong?
Spouse: thats called pre parental anxiety. I understand.
Me: Umm...sure.
Spouse: are those tears of joy?
Me: no tears of anxiety. What if something goes wrong?
Spouse: thats called pre parental anxiety. I understand.
by Mister Crapaud March 06, 2024
Pre-parental anxiety is what modern day parents worry about when deciding whether to have children or not. Its a composite of anxieties about multiple issues including about societal shifts, climate change and FOMO about regretting not having children later on but not having the option available then.
Male partner: I'm not sure if I want to have kids, there are so many people already in the world today and limited resources. Plus I like enjoying our kid-free time right now.
Female partner: I agree, but if we wait too long and then decide we want them in 10 years, it might be difficult later.
Male partner: Its pre-parental anxiety.
Female partner: I agree, but if we wait too long and then decide we want them in 10 years, it might be difficult later.
Male partner: Its pre-parental anxiety.
by Mister Crapaud January 21, 2024
It would be politically correct to call him her sucrose parent instead of calling him her sugar daddy.
by kulamu leni vaadu March 22, 2023
A style of parenting most often engaged in by the noncustodial parent of minor children whereby the child/children are lavished with gifts, activities and a blind eye to misbehavior.
My ex-husband did his typical carnival parenting when he took the kids to the mall for a shopping spree when they had homework that needed to be done.
by JLZ-WRD October 28, 2021
Covert emotional abuse usually a parent with primary custody interfering with the other parents' ability to form an emotional parental connection with children by brainwashing tactics and denying visitation over time causing children to unjustifiably take on their behaviors towards the alienated parent.
by Black Dads Matter February 24, 2024