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- But then in her last appearance, she begins mothering Drew (when previously she had treated him like an adult).
Source: Derailing Love Interests -
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons has, as one of the many magic items, a parody of its Rug of Smothering called a Rug of Mothering, which behaves like this trope.
Source: My Beloved Smother -
Bundys Birthday Island seems like the sort of Snipe Hunt parents send their children on, its only relevance being that trying to find the tiny place is why Daphne studied the Mothering Sunday Islands so closely.
Source: Literature / Nation
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