Senerio: You're in college now or maybe you're just at that point where you're getting ready to go. You're imagining all the good times that you'll have and all of the friends that you're going to make. Not only that you're finally getting the opportunity to move away from your parents and try your hand at living your own life. Then things go horribly wrong.
Your parents come into your room and tell you to sit down that they want to talk to you. In a short span of five minutes it seems as though your whole life is over when your parents tell you that they don't think that you moving on campus isn't such a great idea and furthermore, you'll now be attending a school that is closer to home...
This is only one example of what happens when parents step over a line that we as young adults don't and probably won't understand until we are gifted with children of our own. Many times our parents don't even relize that they are doing this. Sure they think that they are just protecting us from the cold cruel place that the real world can be, but honestly how is it that we will grow and learn all the things that we need to know to function properly in not only the workplace but also as the future leaders of the world if we cannot get the opportunity to go away from our parents?
Sure we're all bound to make mistakes. Its expected. As long as we are able to learn from them and hopefully not do something that we will regret for the rest of our lives.
I guess what I'm trying to get across is that sure some parents cross those lines and we feel as though we'll never forgive them for trying to control every aspect of our lives but there is seriously a better way to deal with parents like this than resorting to drastic measures such as suing for emancipation.
Emily