Do/Did you have over-protective parents?

Question

I think mine was the worse of being over-protected.....

Answer 1

Sure, but you have to realize that the only reason they are protective is for your own good. So that you don't get hurt..

Answer 2

Yes, I had a mother that was very protective over me.. I guess it was because I was the only child, being a girl, and my mother was a single-parent too. Now, I don't regret a single moment when she became so protective over me.. It was for my own good and it did benefited me just like what she always told me. For some parents that's how they express their love for their children. And also I would rather want parents that are over-protected than parents that are not caring and just let their children do whatever they want.

Answer 3

I didn't have an over protective parent. I developed early in life so I was treated as though I was older. I dated guys older and at the time I thought that was a great thing, but I look back at it now and I wonder what the hell was wrong with my mother letting me date these older guys. I wish my mother had been a little over protective. I am a mother now and I am very protective of my children but not to the point of smothering them.

Answer 4

Not only did I have them, but I am one now. You'll realize how hard it is to keep your children safe in this world when you have some of your own. Until then, just keep reminding yourself that it's not you they distrust, it's everyone else. To them, being out past dark is a danger, just having a daughter is a risk all it's own. With a girl, you have to worry about every other guy, with a boy, you just have to worry about that one girl. If it bothers you so much, in a RESPONSIBLE manner, sit them down and talk to them about it. Tell them you are ready for some more responsibility and would like the chance to proved that you can handle it. Maybe they'll listen. I know that when my 15 yr old son came to us and told us the 10:00 curfew was getting old, we compromised as long as he continued to meet his obligations. He did, and he now layed the groundwork for his younger brothers. However, when we had our daughter at home, right up until she was 18, my husband and I were pretty strict about knowing who she was with every second, what she was doing, and I hate to admit this now, but the more she was home, the happier we were. It's just what parents do honey...some day you'll understand.

Answer 5

I sure did.. but they all do cos they care.. maybe sometimes a lil too much.. but when they love you.. they just cant help themselves but to make sure ur fine. Someday if we have our own kids and we love them as much as our parents do.. we might just be the same. Used to hate it quite a bit though.. especially when ur a guy having a protective parents.. mom especially. Doesnt look good on u.. but as u grow older.. u understand the reason why.. Its called love..

The best thing to avoid being over protected is to follow by their rules and gain their trust.. and soon enough.. it would come to past.

Answer 6

I had overprotective parents. They still are a little, even though I'm 21 now...but back when I was 18 and younger, I couldn't go out, stay out past dark, sleep over at anyone's house, wear some things, date, had to ALWAYS focus on schoolwork, couldn't hang out at school IN COLLEGE past 2:00 pm...it was not fun. It made me too sheltered. I am only just now learning some things, you know? But at the same time, I've been saved from some unnecessary mistakes. Hey, six birds in one hand, six in the other. It gets better. Eventually.

Answer 7

Not at all, my parents could've cared less about what I did. Which to some may seem like a good thing, but it really isn't. I ended up doing alot of stupid stuff in my younger years and ended up getting expelled from school.
If your parents are over-protective it's because they care about you and are just trying to do what they think is right for you, even if it you see it otherwise.

Answer 8

I was raised in a strict baptist home...I was spanked until I was 11, wasn't allowed to wear pants until I was 12, and wasn't allowed to listen to ANY music except gospel until I was 15. I was very very good at sneaking around, lol. Of course, by the time I was 15, my parents were even sick of "the rules" so I was pretty much allowed to do what I wanted.

Answer 9

yup! my dad grounded me for lying to him (for 2 weeks) he asked me if I finished my homework and I said yes, he said let me see it, so I showed it to him, he saw the last question blank and he asked me why I didn't answer that one and I said it was because I had left my notes in my locker, and I was going to answer that last question before class, he said I lied, my homework wasn't done, and grounded me for 2 weeks. I think he was just being a jerk (and told him so... I got grounded for another 2 weeks for that). I think I was grounded my entire Jr year of high school... but I think all that grounding made me act out even more and I ended up doing whatever I wanted anyway, I probably did MORE acting out than I normally would have because I was sick of being grounded all the time. If he had just eased up I think I would have been a lot better about not sneaking out and stuff... although looking back I was a pretty good kid, didn't end up using drugs, never got put in jail, have never shop lifted, I never even got drunk until I left for college. So maybe there was a good effect to all his strictness... maybe he was just being a jerk, and I would have turned out this way regardless... who knows?!?

Answer 10

you should be glad that you are loved enough. that your parents care about what you do or where you go. it is a mean world out there. i was homeless at the age of 12. believe me it is far worse knowing that no one cares what happens to you. be thankful. if you feel strongly about something your parents are doing or saying then talk to them. if you whine like a baby you will be treated like one. show a little maturity and you might be surprised. and show your parents the respect they deserve.