My wife wasn't allowed to watch the Smurfs as a kid because it had a wizard in it. True story.

My sons mom kinda left us. It makes me crazy.! I can rlly rlly tell when its on his mind. I worry about him every second of every day.

i have super over protective mega christian homeschooling parents who think that video games destroy braincells and that gays are evil [spoiler]which is not a good thing cus im trans...[/spoiler]

Got my learner's at 15,it's been 3 years,I still haven't driven because my mom is too afraid

My mum's always been pretty overprotective of me. She never used to let me stay over at friends' houses when I was little, and even in high school, if I was invited to a house party, she'd always make a big fuss about me staying past 11pm, but my dad would always come for me about midnight (this was a lot more frustrating once people started drinking). Hell, up until I started university, she wouldn't allow me to play my Xbox or go out during the week. Now I'm 20 and she still gets so mad and gives me super judgemental looks whenever I come home in the morning, even after I text her when I'm out to tell her that I'll be staying at a pal's house instead of coming home. I've had plenty a lecture after coming home in the wee hours of the morning at weekends. I know it's not that bad now (I think my dad's got her to ease up a bit), and I'm not complaining about my parents because I know other people have it a lot worse - I am really grateful, but when I was younger she didn't let me go to other kids' houses unless she was there, and she [i]never[/i] let me go to any sleepovers. Hell, she still hits me with 20 Questions whenever I leave the house now. I hated it back then, but I kinda get now that she was just being protective. As I result, however, I didn't really start to socialise with people until a few years into high school, once we were all made to choose our subjects. Most of my friends were made online, and I only ever spoke to anyone online too, and even now I find it super intimidating to speak to people in person. Dunno if there's a correlation there or I'm just pulling that out my ass.

I agree with the sentiment. I dont wrap my kids in cotton wool, nor do I take any nonsense of my boy acting like a victim. Some kid was picking on him (and other kids) at a party once, I took him to one side and quietly told him to stand up for himself. What I didnt expect was for him to bounce the other kids head off the wall LOL. After the tears from that incident had ceased, everyone played nicely together. No flak from the other parent as she was paying 0 attention to her child (until he ran over crying) and that was that. I refuse to let either of my kids grow up as part of this whole victim culture, it makes me -blam!-ing sick. And it makes me sound like a grumpy old man which [i]obviously[/i] isnt my fault *ahem*

My parents weren't that overprotective; while they wouldn't let me do some things with friends I preferred not to anyway because I was socially awkward; I had a far better time by myself. We'd talk about common issues relating to politics, drugs, firearms and anything to do with political correctness or virtually any modern issue; because they haven't blocked many things I've learned about these issues by myself and formed my own opinions. I wasn't allowed to get GTA but virtually any other game I was; unfortunately because they're of an older generation they don't understand games, and if they'd sit down and see what each game has to offer they'd see where I'm coming from. Also, I've seen things that they wouldn't deem appropriate but I can safely assume this happened to them, and likely my friends. I think my parents are great, and until I'm old enough I won't truly understand what it's like to be a parent, but I'm damn sure a overprotective-helicopter mom/dad isn't the route to take. And of course, lines have to be drawn, right? I mean, letting an 11 year old or what have you watch an R rated movie is just as bad.

My parents are actually pretty cool. They don't mind me playing video games or watching SOME -not all- R rated movies. Although they do set limits. I can only play so much videogames a day, and I can't curse around them, and various other things. I don't like some of their rules, but they are quite fair when i think about it.

[quote]The kinds of people that won't let their children watch freaking Looney Toons because there's too much "violence." You see, when you keep your child from the real world you don't prepare them for anything at all. [/quote] Do you really consider Looney Tunes the real world?

OP was not hugged enough.

I would say that I now appreciate my mother for being overprotective when I was younger. I hated it back then because I never got to do what the "cool" kids would do, like smoke weed or cigarettes, or have sex in the bathrooms. But now, I do thank my mother for watching over me and ensuring that I didn't screw my life up before I had a chance to experience it.

My parents werent overprotective but protective but i am glad im not like other people my age who sit in the bathrooms at recess on instragram, i would be playing halo

My cousin has to present a report (yes like a research paper) to his parents if he wants to buy a video game.... That was on sale... It was little big planet. His parents were afraid that video games would taint his mind and make him a killer. Little big planet. = Killers apparently. [spoiler]some people are so stupid it hurts.[/spoiler]

I was raised with my future in mind, my parents weren't over protective like some, but I think they did a damn good job, I wasn't allowed to play or watch high rated films/games until they decided I was of a mature enough age, and compared to my friends who were allowed, I think it did me well

Yeah, no kidding. My parents were overprotective as hell. All that did was teach me how to be a sneaky little ninja. So thanks for the stealth and deception training, parents.

I want to hear more about this "16 year old not playing Mario Kart" things.

I think that parents need to be at least a little bit strict, so they can actually be good parents and keep you from doing stupid shit. Let them go out, but remind them of the consequences should they screw up. But yeah, when parents are so overprotective it hinders or halts your kid's social life, that's when it is a problem.