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>>264
Stop trying to understand Japanese on English terms and from an English perspective. Try to understand the language on its own terms and not from your biased perspective.

教育ママとは自分の子供の教育に熱心な母親のことです。
A educationally-focused mother is a mother who is enthusiastic about her children's education.

水蒸気というのは気体の状態に変わった水のことである。
Water vapor is water that has changed into a gaseous form.

＿＿とは＿＿＿のこと

___is _____(that thing it is).

The purpose of adding のこと instead of just ending the sentence is the item being described isn't limited to JUST that noun. のこと basically can be understood as "something like", "a thing settling close to the previous description". This is basic shit. Just go with it.