They don’t allow me to cross the road by my own to go the grocery store that is like 3 minutes away from my house, when we need something i ask if i can go to the store and they say i’m gonna get ran over even tho the road is quiet at night, they don’t let me walk to school or walk from school to home alone even tho it’s like 6 minutes walking and i only have to cross the road once, i’m not allowed to use public transportation alone and if i want to go to the mall for example to meet up with anyone my parents say they are required to know the person’s parents beforehand and i have to be accompanied by an adult, they even want to keep acting like this after i turn 18, i believe after that i should be able to go anywhere i want to without asking but they don’t see it that way
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It’s on the extreme end of strict. My oldest kid is 17 and she has a car and kind of goes where she wants, she just needs to have her location turned on so I can see where she is if I need to know.
Once you’re 18 they can’t make the rules for you anymore…just also know that they might say those rules are a requirement for living in their house, so it might be a choice between following the rules or being completely on your own.
it sounds like your parents are exhibiting narcissistic behavior or one themselves. either way, they are not looking out for your best interest because if they keep restricting you from life experiences, you won’t know how to act or live in certain situations. you have to break yourself away from them in any way or form possible and sooner the better. If you have friends and other family members who can help you, go that route. right now, they are making it incredibly difficult for you to obtain your own independence because simply put, they dont want you to be independent of them. they actually want you to be dependent and they basically want to control you for the rest of their lives because “it’s what makes them happy” which is just so f*in selfish of them. i’ve lived in a very similar situation and i’m 37 and im still fighting for my own independence at times. so dont wait like me and start planning for your own freedom, sooner the better.