Hyper Parenting

This is a preview of the video that we watched in class I found that it really opened my eyes to a lot of things that are actually going on.

The children these day are getting everything they want and the parents are being overprotective. I found that the little girls first birthday was ridiculous, who remembers their first birthday I know I do not. Also I know for my first birthday it was just my family and mom made a cake and I got a doll, none of this crazy Cinderella and amazing cake birthday party. If I was this little girl and I saw these pictures later on in life I would have asked my mom why so would put so much into my first birthday, I do not even remember it. Also in the full version of the video they talk about teenagers and their moms always texting them asking where they are, what they are doing, and when they will be home. It seems like the teens are not living their own lives anymore and taking their own risks and making their own mistakes. I find that my mom is a hyper parent in this why and I am now 19 years old and she still tells me what I can and cannot do. I find this a little much because I know that when I am on my own I will not know how to fight my own fights and solve my own problems. I think that people that are being hyper parented have just as much stress as those that do not because those that do not have to find a way to pay for everything and figure everything out themselves, but kids that are being hyper parented have to live up to an expectation and once they are on their own they will not know what to do so they will keep turning back to mom and dad which is not always the best because one day they are not going to be there for you. I know that for me personally I would like to move out so that I have the freedom and independence but also I am scared because I will not have my parent’s right there all the time. I think that parents should be caring about a child’s life and be there when they need them but if they want to do something that the parents disagrees with let them. I think that teens need to figure stuff out for themselves, like many people say you have to see it to believe it, or you have to live it before you know the consequences.