Top Ten Worst Things About Growing Up With Overprotective Parents

Well I'm lucky I don't have overprotective parents. Plus they know I won't listen anyway. - Therandom

Why do you yell at me for being the correct maturity for my age? - Kaboom

I must be very unlucky to live in a home with overprotective parents.

This is true in my family...we're Asian... but I still insist calling them "Mom" and "Dad" instead

My sister got pregnant at the end of high school, so my parents are afraid that I will make the mistake of getting a girl pregnant. Also they won't let me hangout with my gay friends alone.

I find this weird, my mom won't let me be friends with a boy at all. And I'm not allowed to date until I am 22... But I don't care about the dating one honestly. But not being able to have friends of the opposite gender though... - cosmo

Or race, especially if you're Asian. Asian parents will FREAK if they see their daughter with a black boyfriend (or friend in general)

My dad will freak out if he see me flirting or calling a boy cute. I can't date in till I'm in college. - Arcxia

Fortunately not every millennial had overprotective parents because nothing on this list is what my parents would do to me.

Really? My mom is overprotective and she allows me to have friends.

Yeah agreed.

2005-2009 - Sometimes Friends come over
2010-2017 - Friends come over to my house a lot
2018-now - No Friends at all! Just boring adults. 😡 - Ar0nT0pTeNz05

I wasn't allowed to make friends unless if they were in my class and my mom knew their mom.

Because of this, I lost so many friends.

me too :(

I do not need this. If you drop me off, I will arrive at my classroom. Also, you are CAUSING bullying by getting me accused of being a "Momma's Boy." - Kaboom

Kaboom wow that’s bull - Ar0nT0pTeNz05

My parents yelled at me for going to bed 5 seconds late 3 weeks after school ended. - Kaboom

No wonder life goes by so fast

People who are 26 that have their mom telling them what to do need a life.

I'm only allowed to watch certain ones. - cosmo

Dude, PG-13 is meant for these when are 13 or older. - BorisRule

Wow I feel sorry for you. - Arcxia

I HATE it when my mom talks for 20 minutes after school, and yells at me when I try to talk to my friends. - Kaboom

My mom constantly makes me wipe down my entire room all over again despite the fact that I already did it SEVERAL DAYS AGO!

My room was perfectly organized, and my mom reorganized into her proprietary, literally proprietary, system without explaining it to me, and I couldn't find anything. - Kaboom

My parents are overprotective. They actually FORCE me to do chores; they just don’t pay me for doing them because they want to save money (they’re Asian)

Yh I asked for ripped jeans, they bought me it, I wore it for a day, they yell at me for showing off so much skin( rips were only nears knees, medium sized) and told nvr to were it again in public...

My mom won’t let me wear tank tops

I don't see why this isn't number one, think about it.

Mom; [bargs into my room and hears my black metal even though she does not know it is black metal] “what the hell are you listening to Natalie? ”
Me; “metal music”
Mom; “you a devil worshipper now!? ”
Me; “get the hell out of my room please! ”
Mom; “OH MY SWEET JESUS CHRIST MY DAUGHTER IS A DEVIL WORSHIPPER! ” [slams the door behind her]
Me;...wtaf?

If you're an Asian kid under the age of like 5 and you pick something up off the floor your parents will FREAK OUT LIKE CRAZY

Not true! I don't copy video games in real life after playing them. After playing Roblox: Jailbreak, I never ran around robbing banks and shooting cops. After playing Halo and Call of Duty, I never shot or stabbed people. After playing Fortnite, I never ran around shooting people and dancing on them.

It's so dumb when adults think we'll become violent of playing video games with violence in it! They think we'll turn into big murderers or something if we play games like Grand Theft Auto or Call of Duty. It's stupid! They think that violent video games cause all these murders and school shootings. So by that logic, if I play Madden, will I become a professional NFL player then?

They think that you will copy them in real life

Wow have you tried to tell them that they're treating you like a baby. - Arcxia

My parents think that Youtube can cause computer viruses

I started watching YouTube videos when I was like 8 or 9, then my parents banned me from watching it until I was like 12 or 13. I am so glad now I don't have to deal with strict parenting rules since I'm 18. - reed99

Also whenever I watch YT videos my parents think I will turn into a psychopath and do crazy things.

When videos of babies and children come up on YouTube, my parents think that I’m either watching child pornography or that due to the videos popping up, people will think that they are child molesters/abusing children. what!

I love horror movies, but my mom doesn't allow me to watch anything that features murdering or killing because she thinks that I will copy them. SERIOUSLY?

Funny thing is that the Annabelle movies feature murdering/killing and I'm allowed to watch those.

This=my dad.

(My dad calls me)
Me: WHAT?
Dad: Come over here?
Me: why?
Dad: just come over here

Why I hat my parents is because they never actually helped when I asked them to, they just tell me what to do and when I ask y they say because I said so,which is trashy parenting! - EliHbk

Me:What's cooking?
Dad:Food
Me:No what are you actually cooking?
Dad:Food that you eat

Mom:Niamh!
Me:What is it?
Mom:Niamh!
Me:WHAT THE HECK IS IT JUST TELL ME NOW!
Mom:Niamh come here!
Me:I'M COMING!

Never mind sleepovers, my mom was so overprotective of me when I was little that I WASN'T EVEN ALLOWED TO HAVE PLAYDATES IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL!

I'm not even aloud to stay at friends houses after 9.. I also get made fun of at school because of this...

I'm about 16 years old, but feel like I'm about 12 or 13.

In my case, it’s a sibling. My mom is overprotective of me, but not my younger sister. I’m 26, and she’s 19. My mom allows her to cook on the stove unsupervised, hang out with friends, and go places unsupervised. Would she allow me to do any of that? NO WAY! >:(

So true

My mom FINALLY now allows me to carpool with relatives to parties. Yesterday my relatives had a BBQ and my parents originally both had work, but since this was before my mom would say yes to me carpooling, either my dad had to take a day off to drive me or I would have to stay home and miss out on the fun. My dad took off from work to take me.

I found out that the true reason my mom said "no carpooling" was because she's afraid that our house would get broken into and that the stove would burn down the house, even if it was off and my sister would be at home doing homework.

I am now learning more responsibility so my mom can finally earn my trust and allow me to carpool with relatives to parties anytime.

For example last winter my mom wouldn’t let me go to a party due to the snow. The party was canceled.

Well what if the party DID NOT get canceled? If I asked my mom if my relatives can pick me up in their car and then drive me home afterwards, she probably would’ve said no :(

For example if at school any of my classmates brings food to share with the class my mom won't let me eat any of it (even if the teacher says it's OK) because she is afraid that the food may be laced with drugs and if I eat it then I will fall victim of drug poisoning and then end up in hospital or die from it.

This was my mom in 2016...

During the summer months whenever we go out in public my mom forces me to hold a napkin up to my face and cover my mouth and nose with it. This started in 2016 when my skin got so bad. I don’t like that at all. Not only will people might give me weird stares and I get embarrassed from it, they also probably will think that I have a disease or something.

For example: these parents hate amusement parks because they think that all thrill rides will make you either throw up or distort your face and that all roller coasters can kill you

My mom is MEGA overprotective of me when it comes to thrill rides. She thinks that every single thrill ride at Six Flags parks could potentially kill me. She wouldn’t let me ride Nitro or Kingda Ka at Six Flags Great Adventure when I was 18!

Then move out of their house once it's time to leave to college! BIG BRAIN!

Whenever we visit NYC we have to be home before sundown and I can’t leave the house after 8-9 PM (except for whenever we have parties)

Oh yeah, also about "ghost month": my mom BANNED me from watching horror movies during that time, even during the daytime hours.

My parents are Asian and they believe in and enforce many Asian superstitions and they force me to go along with them. For example the 7th month on the lunar calendar (Late July-early August depending on the year) it’s considered as “ghost month” where Asians strongly believe that no one should be out in public after sundown or else ghosts will haunt you, so if we go anywhere for vacation during ghost month we MUST be home by sundown, NO EXCEPTIONS.

My parents are Asian and they think that if I eat ONE TINY BITE of dessert I will get instant diabetes and then die from it...even though I exercise and enjoy in moderation except with the occasional buffet...what! >:(

During the summer of 2016 I got sunburnt WAY too easily to the point that my mom was so paranoid about me getting burnt that she downright refused to let me step out of the house for even one second.

It was miserable. I felt like I was in prison.

Americans: bread, fruit, eggs, orange juice, bacon, chocolate, and yogurt is healthy

Asians:
fruit, orange juice, chocolate, and yogurt has sugar which can lead to diabetes

eggs and bacon has cholesterol which makes you fat and give you high cholesterol

bread is made of flour which has sugar which can lead to diabetes

No matter how we eat it, Asians strongly believe that even healthy food can lead to health problems

For example my relatives are Asian and they always assume that all young black males are gangs and they will beat up people, all pet dogs will bite and bark at everyone, and that all black people steal and rape and whenever we see them walking towards us whenever we are out in public she forces us to walk around them even if they weren’t bothering us, even if were only like 40-50 ft apart.

My relatives are Asian and they do this all the time. Sure accidents happen, but we are totally aware of our surroundings at all time.

Unlike OCD sufferers, they don’t constantly worry about it whenever they are out.

For example my relatives are Asian and they always assume that eating more fruits is bad for your health and that you can get diabetes from the sugar in it

My parents clean the house nearly every day and they ALWAYS do it right before my cousins or any kids come over

For example if you’re Asian and you tell your parents that you have a friend they’ll ask you if they’re Asian or not

After the first few days of school my parents will ask me stuff about my classes, like if the teacher is male or female, young or old, how many students are in the class, number of kids of each race/gender, if there are any Asians in the class, etc...

My parents say that too much phone and computer and iPad makes you blind, too mich earbud/headphone usage makes you deaf, too much snacks makes you fat, too much sound makes you go insane, too much sugar gives you diabetes, too much fried food (even air fried) gives you high cholesterol, etc...

Once in college 1 of my classmates invited the whole class to hang out over the weekend with her. I told my mom and asked for permission to go. My mom said no :(

My mom did this in 2016. It was torture!

For example my aunt, mom, sister and I were crossing Las Vegas Blvd and my aunt insisted that I hold hands with her even though I'm capable of crossing safely WITHOUT holding hands.

Also another time I was stopping before crossing a tiny street and my great-aunt still told me to look both ways before crossing EVEN THOUGH SHE SAW ME LOOKING BEFORE CROSSING.

I KNOW WHAT I'M DOING OK? I'M NOT STUPID! >:(

For example at Universal Hollywood we took the studio tour and the tram goes on a track whenever we were in water. The guide that was on the tram said that it was OK to touch the water, so I stuck my hand out and touched the water and my mom and aunt were like "don't touch the water"

At the Mystery Spot in Santa Cruz CA they have a house with a ladder on the wall for visitors to climb. I first visited it as a 5 yr old and I was too young to be allowed to climb up the ladder. I returned last year as a 25 yr old and my mom now allows me to climb the ladder now that I’m older. She will only allow me to climb about halfway up, though.

Especially overnight trips.

In high school my chorus class was planning a trip to NYC and I asked my parents if I could go. It was an all day trip and we would leave at like 6 AM and return home by like 8 PM. We live only 2 hrs from NYC. My parents wouldn't let me go because they think that it's not safe despite the fact that students will all be carefully supervised the entire trip.

My parents are Asian and they insist that I read and review school books during summer vacation, school breaks and weekends and that anything that’s not academic related is considered “a waste of time”

My parents are Asian and they insist that I read and review school books during summer vacation, school breaks and weekends and that anything that’s not academic related is considered “a waste of time”

Every time we go to an amusement park and I want to ride thrill rides such as drop towers, roller coasters, etc my mom won't let me go to the single riders line. I have to be accompanied by someone else at all times.