“Trapped Under the Chopper: 40 Adults Reveal the Dark Truths of Growing Up with Helicopter Parents”
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The one that got me the most though was until high school we could only have sleepovers at our house and could not go to most birthday parties
Getting out of the house to stay with someone else for a little was an absolute godsend. I love being independent and stoopid with my money and being able to play whatever games I want when I want.
So yeah that’s kinda what it’s like.
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Them moving across the country helped, but honestly I just reduced contact to bare minimum during college and have only reduced my contact since.
When I was in high school:
My bedtime was 9 (until I graduated)
I got grounded for having depression
I wasn’t allowed to have driving lessons because I “didn’t have enough experience driving”
They refused to take me driving
I couldn’t go to anyone’s house without direct confirmation from a parent that they would be there the entire time
I was forbidden from going over a friend’s house even with the parents home because my mom found out the girl was a lesbian
My twin brother got his license at 16, and was allowed to go to anyone’s house with no restrictions on the terms
More about getting grounded for depression:
Phone and IPod were confiscated for 6 months
Was forbidden from going anywhere except school and home for six months
Room was searched thoroughly and I was forced to show where I was hiding what I was using for self harm
I wasn’t allowed off the main floor of my house for 2 weeks
I had to sleep in the living room for 2 weeks (parents bedroom was on the same floor as the living room and my bedroom was upstairs)
