One claim that the author makes about overparented children is that they face heavy academic schedules as well as a strenuous list of extracurricular activities. One of my friends from home, in my opinion, is overparented. Her parents force her to go to summer school and tell her she must take the hardest classes available to her. For extracurricular activities, she has a long and varied list. She participates in sports such as tennis and winter track. Also, she is on student council, advisory board and is a member of the Asian Student Association. On weekends, my friend has an early curfew. Her parents believe she should stay in and study rather than hang out with friends. However, she usually ends up sneaking out or going places without telling her parents where she is going because she does not agree with their rules and feels the need to be rebellious. I am not surprised that she does this, and I believe a lot of children who are overparented do the same thing because they feel like they are being suffocated and have no time to do activities that they want to do.
Another example of overparenting is when the child participates in an activity because his or her parents want them to. My father was overparented in this aspect. When he was young, my dad was a member of the marching band and played the saxophone. He only did this because his parents wanted him to. What my dad really wanted to do was play the guitar, but could not do this because his parents would not let him.
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Not to be racist or anything, but this just looks like another typical case of Asian Parent Syndrome. About half of my friends from high school are Asian, and I've seen what you've described here countless times throughout high school. It's unfortunate for those kids, but some of them actually prefer it this way. A good friend of mine even acts this way of her own accord - preferring to stay inside and do homework rather than hang out with her friends.
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