What are the effects of having very narrow-minded parents?

Answer 1

Hopefully very broad-minded children. Don't let them cage you in man.

Answer 2

Until I read this question, I felt that I was the most qualified to answer this question so I started to think about it.
It occurred to me that there are no narrow minded people, per say, everyone just has different ways of dealing with things so that it all fits in with their current belief system, and value system. Most of us stear away from altercations or interactions that might rock the boat even just a little. That is why, I think, that it is so hard to be a good listener in the communication exchange. None of us listen. When some notion, that we have built upon, gets challenged in anyway, we are not listening. We are screaming at the top of our lungs, inside our heads, everything that has to to with why we feel the way we do, when , if we were listening, we would be hearing some of why the other person feel the way they do.
The exterior may seem attentive, calm, open to new ideas, but inside we are not trying to hear that****.
What are your parents being so narrow-minded about? May I ask if it is in regards to something that you are being just as narrow, by not trying to hear what your parents are saying? It's a common mistake, I've done it a thousand times.

Answer 3

living a very sheltered life and not knowing or being able to get to know the world around you, not to mention you will depend on your friends and other family for advice b/c if your parents are so narrow-minded you probably not agree with the answers they have to give, also have narrow minded parents will make you think you are happy until you grow up and realize what is going on around you and then you will realize what you missed out on all those years and ultimatily become a rebel without a cause (or somthing along those lines)

Answer 4

The test subject, more commonly know as the child, may itself grow up to be very narrow minded.

If the subject has any free thoughts or patterns of belief it may be fine. There are many ways for "children" to shrug off the damage done to them by parental units. The child can visit its local library and read up on different ideas, cultures and ways of life. Many of these include, but are not limited to;
Religions - there are so many, why be tied done to one way of thinking.
Musical genres - with as much music as there is in the world the subject may find that it actually enjoys songs from its units "day" and may find that some of the older styles of "young folks" music were very entertaining.
the history of say skateboarding - find out how and why it became so popular, and who invented it.

just some ideas on how to expand the mind of the child.
good luck and God speed kid.

Answer 5

Well a lot depends on the child and how he/she reacts to it.

I had a controlling parent like that and I thought it was irresponsible and not well-thought out. The restrictiveness was oppressive. The judgmentalness and prejudice proved her lifestyle to be bogus. I entered the world naive and inexperienced which caused costly problems.

I had to start from scratch to determine all of my values since I couldn't trust those of my parent. I had to meet all kinds of people in order to gain an understanding of humanity and to determine what kind of people were good for me. I had to deal with a lot of emotional pain and had to change my lifestyle quite a bit.

The narrow-mindedness caused a huge rift and a lot of distance, but my life is much better than if I didn't stray so far.

Answer 6

Well, I know someone who's parents are narrowminded and he grew up not knowing stuff until he hit high-school and became friends with other people. But despite his parents, the allure of the outside world was very strong & he gave in. So he can be very open-minded as long as people are watching and think it is acceptable but very narrow-minded when it is just me and him. Like I thought he was for women's rights and against homosexual persecution but he isn't. He thinks women are inferior to men unless it comes to finances and child-rearing and he thinks that being a homosexual means that you have no rights and that you do not deserve to be respected as an individual.

Answer 7

Depends. It will affect you in some ways. Some people are more affected than others. Some rebel and get into a lot of trouble. Others turn out just like their parents. SOme live by the rules and hen as soon as they leave home have a perfectly normal life. It is up to you.

Answer 8

The effects will be, you will become quite surprised someday to realize how smart your parents were and still are today. Sometime children forget parents too were young and their age before.

Answer 9

you have narrowmintitis. lol, you usually rebel when you get into college or older. then you become a hippie and live in the forests of santa cruz.

just dialog with your parental units and they'll learn to cope.

Answer 10

Children with skinny heads!