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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学英语单词
aerobic-anaerobic interface
alienation of product of labour
ankita
antimarketeers
antrophyum alatum
asthenia universalis
asymmetry of peak
atween
auto mode
bat bolt
benzyrin
berengers
breadfruit trees
buddy-movie
calcite
calculus dominated models
caloricity of gas
capillary free electrophoresis
carvel built boat
centre-of-gravity shift
chapati
chrome azurol S
coadunition
Denguin
drag parachute/barke parachute
dumpcart
eco-energy
effect insurance
electrical excitability
enfant trouve
Eng. Ch.
Eulexin
failed broker
filter-binding
forest supervisor
gas solution
gear member
generator drive axle
glandulae Parotis accessoria
go from
gob line
hetmans
home question
hook shot
identification switch
impeller breaker
indirect reference word
inflatable cushions
installment bond
jalabiya
know inside and out
konarite (connarite)
Kydia calycina
lacrimal reflex
life events
lime kilning
lithium thodanate
longevity of residue
march upon
mass law
max-min criterion
melodicism
metaphorizes
micro-crystals
mine disengaging mechanism
neuro-epithelial cell
never-exceed speed
nisioic acid
non-chalant
ocro
odd shaped work
Onoto
open solar absorption refrigerating machine
Operation Sealion
paraphyletic
Portagees
progressive muscular dystrophy
proportioning plant
qualitative determination
Quixote, Don
ready for sea
restraining effect
rhodium tribromide
roamin'
routine stool test
Ruunaa
Sasa oblongula
scapulacoracoid
Shakhab
short-wave transceiver
social-learning
soil humus
sorediferous
Tatsinskiy Rayon
the earth's surface
tinea nodosa
triclinic holohedral (pinacoidal) class
unlawful cause
watson-williams' test
well-enough
won ton soup
woodshedder