Over protective much?

Some Parents are just way to over protective. It's understandable to be protective on some things but on others you just got to trust your child. Some things are reasonable but other are just like really? Come one. Most of the time it's the really good kids that have the most overprotective parents ever. You probably thinking well duh, they are the most behaved students because they have strict parents. That's not really it, they would still be good kids with not strict parents, mostly because that is who they are. The bad kids are just bad because they are usually hanging out with the wrong crowd.

For example tracking your kid on GPS is just ridiculous. If you seriously don't trust your kid that much there is a problem. Where do you think they are going to go. I mean if you really think they are going to run away or go somewhere dangerous, learn to have a little trust. If you don't over whelm them with being overprotective usually they will be honest with you and tell you everywhere they go and what you do but it's when you are tracking them and watching their ever move that the start to lie about everything they do and everywhere they go. It's understandable if you track them so if they get kidnapped you can find them. Not like it would make any difference because if some one was going to kidnap a kid they would say “oh I trust you not to call the cops or tell someone I just kidnapped you you can keep your phone” Overall I'm just saying tracking your teenager is just over protective and bad idea.

What parent likes it when their kid lies to them? When they are too overprotective and snoopy their kids lie more. If The kid can say, “Im going to my friends house” and the parents believe them its great. But if the parent thinks “I'm going to my friends house” means “I'm going to go have a car chase with this guy and then go smoke some weed then chill at a party get drunk, drive everyone around that is also high and drunk and then go to my friends house... maybe... but I might just go somewhere else and do another stupid thing.” If you really think that of your child that is ridiculous. I'm not saying no one ever does that but if you really think your child is doing that first of all TRUST them. Have a talk with them and say if you ever go to a party and get drunk, call us, we will come pick you up and take you home. But DO NOT have there be a punishment. If they call you asking for a ride they are being responsible. If you have there be a punishment they aren't going to call you they will just drive drunk because no teenager wants to get grounded. You never know you saying they'd be grounded for 3 months because they CALLED YOU FOR A RIDE could be the last time you ever see them.

Over all I am just trying to say have a little trust in you r child. Believe what they say, it's not really fair to just assume they are lying because they are a teenager. Just trust them. Everyone lies. Im sure parents lie to their kids all time. Just be understanding a trust.

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