parentism

noun8

1. •
   Discrimination against parents.

   • I've come to label an attitude that lies in most of us and dominates in some as 'parentism' - that is presuming deficiences in people because they are parents. — 1985
2. •
   A cliché used by parents with their children.

   • I've even got subtitles for parentisms like "you're going to poke somebody's eye out with that". — 1994
3. •
   Paternal or maternal feeling and behavior.

   • I debated the matter—Reason was driven from her post and parentism prevail'd. — 1796
4. •
   The assumption of a parental role in the context of a relationship other than the parent-child relationship.

   • Joady would joke in an attempt to escape Susan's image of parentism, although she knew all of their differing tactics were intended as loving nudges to keep Gerda from "declining." — 1975
5. •
   Parental determinism; the belief that parenting is responsible for the character and behavior of the child.

   • Why do so few Americans recognize the effects of “parentism,” if you will? Why is there still no popular reform movement directed against the problem of wildly unequal starts? — 2007
6. •
   The promotion of having children as a social ideal.

   • This celebration of freedom and independence was hatched, as May sees it, in revolt against the baby boom and the "tyranny of parentism' as it has been described. — 2014
7. •
   Pathological or unhealthy parenting.

   • Many of our families suffer from parentism. Either our children are too attached to us as they leave (maybe!) the home, or we are guilty of overprotection. — 2010
8. •
   The granting of absolute authority to parents.

   • in their criticism of the tyranny of parentism and their plea for moderate liberty in the choice of a wife or of a husband . — 1987