What to do if your parents control you with your parenting?
By aquim0714
@aquim0714 (9)
Philippines
December 9, 2008 10:39am CST
Don't get me wrong, I really appreciate that my parents are concern and they want to help care for my child. They want to share what they know about raising kids but sometimes I feel like it's too much because they tend to oversee even the littlest thing that I do. I also have my own parenting style and sometimes I want to do things my way. And I did prepare for this by reading and learning and asking advice from other parents. And sometimes I just hope they let me be. I feel I am doing well with my child.
3 responses
@eclecticeducation (112)
• United States
9 Dec 08
I agree with the other person, tell them what you told us. You are your child's parent and having someone critique you all the time is very stressful. You need certain boundaries when it comes to your family. If they do not respect them, you may have to get more forceful about them, but hopefully it won't come to that.
@luvandpower (2048)
• United States
9 Dec 08
I understand how you feel, the most you can do is basically explain what you just did to us to them. They will understand this, because they probably went through the same process.
what you could also do is just take what they say and use it however you feel compelled to.
also on a side note you could show them the books and all you read and learned from so that way they know you have been informed.
but also on the other hand you should remember that they have gone through this and they will know a lot because they raised you themselves.
