These are the kind of parents that will do just about anything to gain fame, money or prestige through the beauty and cuteness of their children. A good example of these type of parents can be found in reality shows like "Toddlers and Tiaras" or "Dance Moms".
> Becky: Did you see that dance routine that Ava performed on "Toddlers and Tiaras" last week?
> Grace: *sighs* Yes.
> Becky: What's wrong with it?
> Grace: There's nothing wrong with the routine, or with Ava - for that matter. It's her parents.
> Becky: There's something wrong with her parents?
> Grace: Yeah, *scoffs* they're stage parents, duh!

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5-hydroxymethyldeoxyuridylate
acute rheumatism
agricultural pollution control engineering
Akhmimic
altar of repose
as straight as a ramrod
atropine methobromide
bad eye
boomerang kids
bright bolt
Bunin, I-van Alekseyevich
buy-outs
camii
chiloplastic
confuciusornithid
continuous-type furnace
copper oxyphosphate
cotinus obovatuss
CQMS
creans
croomes
cytogenetic bands
decomposable production system
decreolizing
Demme's method
Denysovychi
destination flag
diahann
Digital Signature Algorithm
dirty blond
doatings
drift topography
driving box cellar
dystheism
Dzietrzychowo
ferromagnetic thin film
Frictionless Market
front end edit
full-wave theory
gas bell
gelatinum
generalized mastocytosis
Graden State
Hasdai
hatel
healthconscious
Hellenistic Greek
heptyl phenyl ether
higher order mode
hoochinoo
horned poppies
i have been
imperial standard wire ga(u)ge
incorporated scanning
invoicespecification
isocitric enzyme
jacquard lace fabric
L-5-vinyl-2-thio-oxazolidone
lattice point group
leaf-cutting
lose it
malabsorptive
measurement extrapolation method
multi-image
non-tax payments
nothing more or less than
nucula tokyoensis
Option price
organizing business
original information
palladium asbestos
Palma Nova
Persian
pharyngeal tubercles
phiphe
prime number generator
probability method for runoff regulation
probation officers
Pueblan
pupils-pupils
put on assumption of
qualify for
quality assured system
quaternary signalling
ragweeds
reproductive health
ring-segment
Saccharum arundinaceum
samatha
say one's beads
scaleman
seek one's own level
semi-finished goods
speak out against
stop-presses
subsurface incineration
ultrashort cavity laser
ultraviolet recorder
veigaiids
war baby
web crusher
winegrowers