To all strict parents: learn to be less strict and to let your child learn. I was always raised in a household with rules to follow and if I did not I would be punished for it. I would either have television privileges taken away or be put in a timeout or be sent to my room when I was young. I feel that being raised with strict parents does more harm than good. Being strict with kids I feel limits their own growth and capability.

For most of my life, I have been raised by my mother sorely and my grandparents. I was raised under strict rules for all my life, including now being a 21 year old in college. I still have to follow rules and abide by them even though I am an adult. Generally speaking, I obviously have fewer rules than when I was young, but still.

A lot of things that people enjoyed in life were taken away from me. I lived under strict rules of not being able to go to other people's homes unless my parent knew them personally. I could not go out late at night and if I did I would have to be home by eleven at night. If I am at my grandparent's home and my friends want to go out to see a movie or to go eat, my grandparents do not allow it. I was not able to hang out with people at my grandparent's home unless they really knew the person.

Now being 21 years old of age, my mother still over protects me. Sometimes I get angry because I feel like I am being treated like a baby or a child. I feel that I should have more freedom being an adult. Parents that are strict to their kids is not a good thing in my eyes because it limits the child's growth and potential. We need to learn for ourselves and experience the world for how it is. All our lives, we cannot have our parents hold us and protect us forever. Being raised strictly by a parent like that basically, shows to the child or adult that you do not trust them. That you do not trust me to make the right decisions or trust me enough to let me go out. Life is short and I want to have fun. We never know how long we will live or when we will expire on earth. Let your kid learn and react. People make fun of me for it all the time. Parents like mine should let go of their child and let them grow, not try to contain them and tell them what to do.