How interestingly things are unfolding - just yesterday I wrote about a teenwhose motherconsiders the very idea of knocking when entering his room to be completely ridiculous and outrageous, and today I’m writing about a selection of stories about so-called “helicopter parents.”Bored Pandahas already talked about this contemporary phenomenon more than once or twice, given examples, andcompiled collectionsof strange and rather toxic stories about how parents interfered in the lives of their fully grown-up children. So here is another similar selection for you!This post may includeaffiliate links.
How interestingly things are unfolding - just yesterday I wrote about a teenwhose motherconsiders the very idea of knocking when entering his room to be completely ridiculous and outrageous, and today I’m writing about a selection of stories about so-called “helicopter parents.”Bored Pandahas already talked about this contemporary phenomenon more than once or twice, given examples, andcompiled collectionsof strange and rather toxic stories about how parents interfered in the lives of their fully grown-up children. So here is another similar selection for you!
This post may includeaffiliate links.
Yeah let’s control the hell out of our kids so they don’t become liberals. Parenting done right.
Mother is controlling, and uses her anxiety to treat me like she’s my prison warden, and yet I still worry I’m doing something wrong.
I am 22 years old, living on my own with my husband, and my dad still trys to control what I do.
The very concept of ‘helicopter parenting’ first appeared in 1969, when Dr. Haim Ginott released his bestselling bookBetween Parent & Teenager. The term refers to overly involved and protective parents who not only actively interfere in all their children’s interactions, but also make decisions for them, try to help them achieve their goals, and remove obstacles in their path: a term that has been especially relevant in the last few decades.
I lost an amazing friend because her mom is a homophobic karen who wants to control way to much of her life. Her mom thinks of me as being a bad influence just because I’m openly bi and acts like her being a lesbo is a bad thing that I caused. I’m honestly really tired of her mom.
Stepmom trying to control what I do with my internet usage at my biomoms house
In fact, ‘helicopter parenting’ is not nearly as new as it may seem, and there have always been parents who have tried to be excessively involved in the lives of their adult offspring. Moreover, if you look at the traditions of many nations, ‘helicopter parenting’ is much older than the helicopter itself, since it was invented only in the middle of thelast century.From year to year, from century to century, parents actively intervened in the lives of their now-adult children, tried to arrange theirpersonal lives, and gave advice, useful and not so much. And when these kids grew up with their own children, the “baton” passed to a new generation of parents. And this actually continued throughout almost the entire human history.
In fact, ‘helicopter parenting’ is not nearly as new as it may seem, and there have always been parents who have tried to be excessively involved in the lives of their adult offspring. Moreover, if you look at the traditions of many nations, ‘helicopter parenting’ is much older than the helicopter itself, since it was invented only in the middle of thelast century.
From year to year, from century to century, parents actively intervened in the lives of their now-adult children, tried to arrange theirpersonal lives, and gave advice, useful and not so much. And when these kids grew up with their own children, the “baton” passed to a new generation of parents. And this actually continued throughout almost the entire human history.
I’m 25F and I moved out three years ago from my mom’s house because she is controlling and mean. I’m going to visit a city about an hour away from my home city. My mom wanted to come over to my apartment but she’s really judgmental and I know she’d criticize everything. Nothing is clean enough for her or organized well or decorated well because it’s not her way of doing things. I told her she couldn’t come over but she kept insisting so instead we made plans to meet in the morning before work to see each other before my trip at the transit station. I woke up early to get ready and meet her but she disowned me. Even when she gets her way and gets to see me, it’s not good enough if it’s not exactly what she demands. She expects me to come over every weekend and sleep over. She’s been nagging me for 3 years to move back home and doesn’t listen when I say no.
I finally moved out of my controlling and manipulative parents house. I’m 20, and they’ve been harassing my friends trying to find me, and I had to tell the police my situation so they wouldn’t file me as missing.
Controlling mom thinks I shouldn’t have “boys” in my room. My (21f) entire life I’ve mostly had male friends, and nothing’s ever been said until now.
Parent With Serious Control Issues. I Didn’t Do Anything Wrong And I Get This Message Out Of The Blue.
Mother threatens to kick me out of college for not sharing location
My mom’s response to me asking her for privacy
I’m 22 F living on my own and my parents still want to have control on what I buy. It is not making me any more frugal when she yells at me for spending too much.
My narcissist mother trying to control me yet again
He’s my dad he was VERY abusive when I was living with him and I worry he’s abusive to my siblings that still live with him also idk if I used the right flair
Very long history with my parents being extremely controlling. This is a very mild recent taste.Might not be considered insane compared to what they have done in the past but just wanted to share. FYI, I called her after I finished studying and it was not important lol
My friends mom tweeted this. Control freak alert is going off the charts!
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Abusive mother tries to financially control me
I am 20 years old, my mom tries to set a curfew of 9:30 pm for me. I am trying to push it but she goes crazy like this. Dad is barely any help, even tho he isn’t the one who is controlling like my mother. They always treat me like a kid when I do very very well for myself.
My(19f) mom(52f) keeps asking me for my location
My mom is so controlling it’s crazy. Mind you this is all happening as I’m 18. She has to know where I am at all times and is so controlling it drives me insane.
Dad wants to know everything, mom assumes it’s my boyfriend then backs up my dad saying he’s not being controlling but if it was my boyfriend then it is. I’m 19.
I’m 24 (F), life is expensive so I still live at home. I’m still in school. My mother has decided that in order for me to focus on my education, I’m not allowed to have my boyfriend sleep over and not allowed to sleep over at my boyfriend’s. what the f*ck? my blood is actually boiling, I don’t understand who she thinks she is controlling like this? And what does she think I’m assuming? This is more of a rant post but I do need advice on how to even proceed… do I reply? do I let her attempt to talk to me about her “rules”?
My emotionally abusive aunt with my mom after she tried blowing up my phone while I was spending time with my bf (I just told her to leave me alone and respect my boundaries since I cut most contact with her, she’s a lying manipulator who tried brainwashingme into thinking my bf was abusive)
Our roommate’s dad has decided we don’t get to live in our apartment anymoreHe has no power to do this. He does not live with us. His justification is that we aren’t suited to living together (because the apartment isn’t perfectly clean) despite us being very happy with our arrangement. Our roommate and her mom (who is a wonderful woman, absolutely love her, it just sucks that she’s married to this boomer [jerk]) have both tried to tell him that he doesn’t get to make that decision for us, but he has ignored them both. His name is on the lease, but only because he and his wife used to rent this apartment before us. They moved out 3 or 4 years ago and now live an hour away. No idea why he thinks this is ok.
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