Reply To The Rise Of Over Parenting

The personal parenting experience I read about was shocking.  It was about someone whose parents had nine children and they were all kept on a short leash.  They had their schedules planned out for them and all their activities too.  This sounded like the perfect example to use in this article.  I was surprised at hearing this because I thought situations like that, truly only occurred on shows like Wife Swap.  This parenting technique resulted in all the children rebelling against their parents.  This person's friend ended up dropping out of school.  This leads me to ponder why the parents did this.

This situation could have played out completely different.  For example, if the parents had been a little more lenient with their children, they may have not rebelled.  Their parents could have had successful children that did not drop out of school.  I think that they could have made their children's lives much easier and then their children may no have rebelled.  When I read this I was extremely surprised.

I cannot relate to this experience at all.  My mother always gave me the option to do whatever I wanted to do.  I got to choose what sports I wanted to do and she never forced me to do anything I did not feel comfortable doing.  My mother's leniency actually made me more responsible.  I never felt the need to rebel and because of this I decided for myself to work hard at school.  Therefore, I do not think it is commonplace for my own experience.