Overprotective parents?

[Improv]

I've got pretty overprotective parents. I can't be out past 7pm on any given night & I can't go anywhere on Sundays other than church. I can't talk to friends on the phone, only text. When my group of friends go over to one of their houses, I can't go because my parents don't want me in someone else's house of the opposite sex. I can't go out to dinner with friends because I'd have to leave early to be home on time.

I played soccer from grades 2-5, then stopped because my parents didn't want me to break a bone or have any teeth knocked out. I can't really do much other than sit at home.

 

[Alienfish]

I've got pretty overprotective parents. I can't be out past 7pm on any given night & I can't go anywhere on Sundays other than church. I can't talk to friends on the phone, only text. When my group of friends go over to one of their houses, I can't go because my parents don't want me in someone else's house of the opposite sex. I can't go out to dinner with friends because I'd have to leave early to be home on time.

I played soccer from grades 2-5, then stopped because my parents didn't want me to break a bone or have any teeth knocked out. I can't really do much other than sit at home.

Wow.. dude I'm sorry to hear that.. At least I can see friends but I wouldn't dare drag them home cause my parents are awkward af

 

[Brad]

My parents obviously won't let me do anything I want to do, but they really don't get into my business much. As long as they sort of know what I'm up to if I'm going out, or when I'll be back. Otherwise, they just sort of leave me to do whatever.

 

[rosetti]

I can't do anything without being questioned, "So what did you do?", "Who was there?", "Was there any boys there?", "Were you by yourselves?", "You didn't do/go anywhere dodgy did you?" Oh my goodnesS LET ME LIVE.

 

[Arcticfox5]

I wouldn't consider my parents overprotective. My friends would, on the other hand. They think it's crazy that I still have a curfew of around 12 pm to 1 am (I'm 17 years old). I don't think that's unreasonable, though.

The only thing that I used to find overprotective about my parents was that I was never allowed to have chewing gum or big candy until I was 12. I discovered that had a good reason, though: my uncle almost died choking on gum.

 

[Alyssa]

I've lived with my grandparents for most of my life, and they are extremely overprotective. Recently they've been a lot more lenient, though. I think being too overprotective is bad for kids in the end. Everyone needs to have experience in different social settings and learn how to deal with things by themselves. In my own experience, over protectiveness has caused me to have a lot of social anxiety because I have no experience in some social settings.

 

[Alienfish]

In my own experience, over protectiveness has caused me to have a lot of social anxiety because I have no experience in some social settings.

Same here. I am terrible awkward and especially about people I love.. >_>

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I can't do anything without being questioned, "So what did you do?", "Who was there?", "Was there any boys there?", "Were you by yourselves?", "You didn't do/go anywhere dodgy did you?" Oh my goodnesS LET ME LIVE.

THIS.. so much ****ing this I'm 23 damnit

 

[Dreamy Luigi]

Once you reach 13 you want to start setting your own path and doing some things by yourself. Tbh as long as a child of mine didn't do anything stupid and updated me on their location I'd be fine with most stuff.

 

[Keitara]

My mother wants to keep me here forever.
When my father told her that I wanna go visiting Japan when I turn 18 this year alone, she cried and made big fuss.
But even back then, when I was 13 and wanted to go on a trip with my friend in a youth group, she cried and didn't want to let me go, even though it was still in the same country.
With 15 I wasn't allowed to ride the train with my friend into the next town, I needed an adult by my side.
When I'm off in another town or something, my father keeps calling me for trivial things. But he also does this to my mother who thinks it's annoying, too.
Once I was on a convention with a friend and I came back earlier than I said to my father in the evening and he yelled at me because I didn't told him and because I came back before the food was ready. I don't understand the "because I came back before the food was ready" part. Is this something bad...?
And if I don't come straight home from school and don't call them, they get upset. If I come back later from my friend's home (need 15 minutes with feet) than agreed, they will call my friend's parents to ask what I'm doing and scold me. It's not like my home is in some kind of dangerous area, it's in a village.
I think this is overall overprotective.

 

[Tao]

My mum was never really over protective. She was the right amount of protective. She actually backed off and let me make my own stupid mistakes but was still around to 'pick up the pieces' or make sure I do something 'too' stupid. I actually liked that it was done like that since I wasn't 'trapped' yet I knew she was still there. I learned a lot more by myself rather than being kept in bubble wrap so the nasty world can't touch me (metaphorically of course). I didn't turn out to be a useless manchild in the way I think I would have if she was over protective.

Rather than having 'curfews' etc she would just say "don't stay out too late", which pretty much translated to "come home when your friends go home". She never sugar coated things or lied to 'keep my innocence', she just told me straight what something was/meant if I asked. I watched violent movies and played violent video games because she was pretty positive I wasn't stupid enough to try it myself.

My dad tried to be 'over protective' but he was barely ever there, so that didn't really work. He still does it now when I'm almost 24...



Most of my friends had pretty overprotective parents pretty much right up until they were 18 and legally a full adult. I could feel the embarrassment coming from them when they were saying at 17 years old "I have to be home for 9pm"

One of my friends who I was dating for a short time had this up till she was about 22 and could finally afford to move out. We decided to 'stay friends' since it was pretty impossible to date somebody with a curfew of 6pm who isn't allowed boys in the house and they're not allowed to stay at other people's houses or they'll get grounded...She was 22, cut the friggin' cord.

 

[Cosmic Moonlight]

They are so overprotective omg (.__.)'

Like my mum thinks I have all of these problems and I have to have a light on in the dark whilst outside and stuff like that. But it really annoys me because she acts like the complete opposite when my friends are over and everyone is always like 'Oh your mum is soooooo nice' and I'm just sitting there like 'no.'

 

[Caius]

I never really had overprotective parents. Dad wasn't around for a loooong time, and mom was more along the lines of "I want to keep you here because I don't have anyone else to talk to."

 

[PurplPanda]

I feel like occasionally my parents are very overprotective, but most of the time they're fine with whatever I do.

 

[Jarrad]

My mom doesn't like me getting drunk.

She said that if I start smoking she'll disown me

 

[Heartcore]

Overprotective parents usually mess up their kid tbh.

 

[Mignon]

My parents were very protective and treated us like children right up until the moment we turned 18, when magically a switch seemed to flip and we were suddenly expected to be able to function on our own.

While I feel like I'm doing just fine now, I do regret not getting the confidence boost of having parents that let me make my own choices because it's really inhibited me as far as jobs and socializing go. It's also left me lacking a lot of respect for my parents and kept us from forming a close relationship.

 

[Punchyleaf]

My mom was protective. Not ridiculously of course. But she didnt like (ie, didn't stop me) from going out with people she wasn't familiar with.
I moved out a few weeks shy of 18 with my partner, she was not happy with that at all (he had a beard when we first met so she thought he was much older than he was) and would call me all the time to make sure I'm not a victim or something lmao. But since I've moved out almost 6 years ago, she never bothered me or tried to control me or whatever. She's even admitted I was always the most mature of her kids.

 

[Aryxia]

I feel bad for sheltered kids. Most of the ones I've met have no idea about how things really work, and as a result, they have trouble adapting or get taken advantage of :/

 

[DoctorGallifrey]

My parents are typically chill.

 

[ShinyYoshi]

My parents were mostly chill, but when I was in like intermediate/jr high they put a child lock on my computer. I couldn't use MySpace or YouTube. It was pretty annoying. And they took my phone away at like 9pm on school nights. That was the worst they did. Other than that, it was pretty standard: no watching pg-13 movies till I was 13, definitely no rated R movies, I couldn't go certain places by myself. All the stuff kids think their parents are lame for.

It annoyed me, but looking back, it wasn't as bad as I thought it was. Plus, when I got to high school and had my own car, they were basically just chill with everything since they didn't have to transport me.