Parentize

When you parentize somebody, you adopt them and raise them without them knowing that they are adopted.

I parentized my child without her knowing that her parents died and that she is adopted.

by Shootier and shootiest March 27, 2022

Palentine's Day

February 13th. If you are single and/or sick of the commercialization of Valentine's Day, you spend this day hanging out with your best friends, eating pizza, watching movies, and playing video games.

Watching a Lord of the Rings marathon with Chris has made this the best Palentine's Day ever.

by librarianmike February 12, 2013

NMP Parenting

Not My Problem Parenting... a style of parenting where parents utilize natural consequences for children regarding their actions. Especially useful in parenting school age children who forget their lunch, forget to wear a coat or had detention because they didn't do their homework.

A very effective parenting style that can result in children taking more ownership of their actions and develops independence and self responsibility.

Teacher to parent: "Mrs. G, your son Eli has forgotten his homework folder three weeks in a row, and now he's going to lose his recess for a week."
Parent: "Sounds good to me. NMP. I did my homework. I have a good job. I get to chit chat with my friends at work at the water cooler. Sorry Eli, next time don't forget your homework folder. Not My Problem. NMP Parenting works!"
Child: "Waaaaa... I want my Mommy to rescue me. Oh well, I hate losing my recess so you know I'm not forgetting my folder EVER again!"

by Funny Moms August 11, 2014

Stuck-on-the-ceiling parenting

Trying hard to fit in with your kids, but failing miserably. Derived from Rocket League when parents play the game with their kids, but can't get their car off the ceiling as heard on What's That Word Podcast.

Teen 1: My mom got her 'mom' jeans out thinking she could fit in with us.

Teen 2: That is some serious stuck-on-the-ceiling parenting.

by Cori and Laura October 7, 2021

parentless

parentless n: the person or persons of adult age whose parents have died; usually pretaining to a death occuring at an earlier than usual age; death of parents from illness or accident leaving behind an adult child or children.

parentless adj: a way to describe an adult person whose parents have died.

n: Both my parents died in of cancer in their late 40's leaving me parentless. My brothers and sister and I are now parentless after they died in that accident.

adj: She became parentless adult after that boating incident.

by Yn Oceros February 16, 2010

parente

An ELA teacher with a great sense of humor and bad jokes. Light brown hair, 2 ft tall, and teaches 6th and 8th graders. Likes to play skribbl.io and is overall a great guy.

Wow, did u see the new guy. He's such a parente.

by agsjfevhjbkja December 7, 2018

Jekyll and Hyde Parenting

A style of parenting that provides a full spectrum of emotional and psychological experiences to a child vis-a-vis the parents’ instability and addictions which lays the groundwork for years of in-depth psychotherapies in which the child, throughout their lifespan, has the opportunity to undo the warp and find some semblance of balance and potentially, a sense of a true self.

Yup, at our house it was nose-to-the-grindstone discipline during the week and then Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride when the weekends rolled around; my parents were practicing devotees of Jekyll and Hyde Parenting.

by Dr Bunnygirl October 12, 2019