Parents

I think parents love us and they want the best for their children. Perhaps they think that they have been living on earth longer than we do and have more experience and want to guide us. However, i think there is a limit as to how much a parent can control their children. They should advise but not control especially when their child is of a mature age and know what they are doing.

Hi Babygurl, you don't completely understand why your parents keep on telling their children how to live their lives until you yourself don't become a parent. But one thing I can tell you that they (your parents) just wanted to guide you so that you'll be equipped with wisdom, discipline, etc, etc. So that when you have your own family in the future you'll be ready to face the challenges of having a family.

take it as an advice....but do what you want to and think is right keeping their advice in mind. See, the thing is, when you are young you ten dto yhink that the whole world is in your control and that you can do whatever you want to but that is not the exact case. The world is a very cruel place, people behave differently in front of you and very differently at your back. Your parents know exactly how people can read your mind and manipulate your thoughts and that is why parents try to protect you. Like me, i scold or hit my son a times not because he is a naughty child but because what he might be playing with might hurt him. Lets say, if he is playing with a spoon, and i know that he does not have a good balance....so he might just fall down with the spoon at hand and either poke his eye or injure his ribs. Things can be light or complicated but parents know what could happen and when children don't seem to understand they get irritated. I was like you when i was young, i could revolt against any and everybody.....its a different thing that i am still a bit like you,lol!!

Basically, its because parents love their children.

I know exactly where you're coming from. I had a mother who was like that with me all the up until last year. She was very controlling from the time both me and my sister were kids. I remember last year when I graduated from high school and I was taken a two week career assessment at this place called DORS. I told her I had an interest in culinary school and she was completely against it along with my dad. She said that she'd rather see me going to school for art, like there's a future with that, and I told her I'm not interested in art anymore and she said that I still was because I still doodle from time to time in my sketchbook. Now, that she's gone crazy I feel like I have the true freedom to make my own decisions. But, the reason why parents may do this is because they feel they know what's best for their children, like my mom did. Now, look at her. She's out of her mind and now it's time we step up to the plate to take care of her.

Our parents just want to guide us. They have gone through what we are going through or about to go through. They just want the best for us because they love us. They don't want us to make the same mistakes that they did. No matter how knowledgeable we are things, we could still learn a lot from their experiences. Let's always remember that experience is the best teacher. They have gone through a lot more experiences than us.

hi babyburl4lilf3 works both ways. why is it most kids from 17 up think they know it all and refuse to believe we parents just might have a few' brains left too? I have heard parents claim that their 18 year old told them to get the hell out of her life as she knew all there was as to how to live her life., and she ended up unwed and very pregnant and now on their doorstep looking for her so called dumb parents to bail her out of her own stupidity.Some young people do have the smarts but others do not and parents love their kids and want the best for them.