About
Sheltering Suburban Mom is an advice dog-style image macro portraying the archetype of a suburban, overprotective mother, or a mother who fails to practice what she preaches. The image macro has been popular on hub sites such as Quickmeme and Reddit’s adviceanimals subreddit.
Origin
The original photograph used for the image macro is a portrait photograph of the best-selling romance novel writer Carly Phillips, though it is unclear why the author became associated with the joke:
The earliest example of an image macro derivative can be traced back to 5th of May of 2011. The earliest documented popular derivative was posted on Quickmeme on the same day, hitting 6,076 views, as of the 13th of May 20111.
Spread
The Sheltering Suburban Mom image macro has spawned numerous derivatives on Quickmeme2 and the r/adviceanimals subreddit3. Posts about SSM can be found on popular blogs such as Smosh4 and Tumblr8.
Notable Examples
Reception
The popularity in hubsites such as Reddit, has caused the further spread of the meme, resulting in the mixing with other memes and advice dog-style macros, such the Reddit Alien (a macro describing common behavours in Reddit5), Socially Awkward Penguin and Anti-joke Chicken
Sheltered Suburban Kid
Sheltering Suburban Mom’s popularity has also caused an image macro derivative, the Sheltered Suburban Kid, who supposedly is the daughter of SSM. The image macro typically portrays a spoiled daughter of a suburban mother. Examples can be found on Quickmeme6 and r/adviceanimals7.
Notable Examples
External References
1 Quickmeme – Sheltering Suburban Mom – lets kids watch pg13 movies when theyre. . / Posted on 5-5-2011
2 Quickmeme – Sheltering Suburban Mom
3 Reddit – r/adviceanimals search results for Sheltering Suburban Mom
4 Smosh – Best Of Sheltering Suburban Mom Meme!
5 Quickmeme – Reddit Alien
6 Quickmeme – Sheltered Suburban Kid
7 Reddit – r/adviceanimals search results for Sheltered Suburban Kid
8 Tumblr – Sheltering Suburban Mom