Why are parents so controlling nowdays? (long)

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i think most people really didnt understand where DEMON was coming from. i ad to read it twice before i knew what he was talking about.
DEMON , i have been in your shoes, like the most of us here. my father is an old fashioned Italian, so i know what it means to "report" home. i moved out when i was 16. my father says, "MY WAY, OR THE HIGHWAY" , so i chose the "highway". he should of said my way or the HARD way. and boy was it hard! i got to admit it made a man out of me. im now 27 and i havent lived with my father since. i get along fine with my father now than when i was 16. i took the least traveled path, and now i know why it was the least traveled. to this day, my father still wants to know "whats up" and what i am doing. that is just the part of parenthood. i dont think now what he was asking for back then was too much. i see where he is coming from. at 20, your still young, yet a little older to do adult things. my father try to put a leash on me here and there. no big deal. my opinion to you is just suck it up and listen to you parents, regaurdless if they are 100% wrong and do what they tell you. or get out and get your own place with all of the bills to pay and then it is your roof over your head. but even if you do that, you still will get the "leash" a little. its just part of being a parent that wont ever stop. you will have it your whole life. as it would seem a burden to you know, later it will just seem more like caring and love from you parents. my father says, "when you have kids of your own, you will understand and say, dad your right". i dont have kids of my own, but i know he is right.
my father always reminds me of this saying: "YOUR ATTITUDE WILL DETERMINE YOU ALTITUDE IN LIFE". to this day he has never been so right.......
good luck on the decisions you make.