The Oblivious Suburban Mom meme, often referred to as Sheltering Suburban Mom, features a portrait of romance novelist Carly Phillips used as a stock photo. Emerging in 2011, the meme became a staple of internet culture for highlighting the contradictions and double standards often associated with overprotective suburban parents. The format typically follows a 'Top-Bottom' text structure where the first line establishes a seemingly reasonable or progressive stance, while the second line reveals a narrow-minded or hypocritical follow-up. It remains a popular tool for satirizing the 'Karen' archetype and the 'do as I say, not as I do' philosophy of modern parenting.