"Snowplow parents" unswervingly remove everything and everyone from the track to pave the way for their children. The most extreme form of helicopter parents is the "snowplow parent" who essentially want to protect their children from potential dangers.
The consequences can range from uncertainties to dependency for the children of "helicopter parents" In 2013, Josef Kraus, the former and deceased president of the German Teachers' Association, estimated that about ten to 15 percent of all mothers and fathers exhibited behavioral patterns of "Helicopter Parents"