Leah Nagle Week 8 - How I Cope with Strict Parents

I know that my parents love my siblings and I endlessly and only want the best for us, but unfortunately for us, they are pretty strict. 

Sometimes when I see friends whose parents are so much more relaxed than mine, I wish my parents would be the same for once. Don’t get me wrong, I love my parents and I wouldn’t want anyone else to be my mother and father, but sometimes I just wish their parenting style was a little bit more lenient. I am constantly criticized for small things I do wrong and often told I am not allowed to do something or yelled at. 

I am 17 years-old and I’ll be 18 in August, so I think I’ve outgrown the old fashioned cell phone confiscation or being grounded when I go to bed later than 11pm. Yes, my parents still try to give me a bedtime and it drives me crazy.

So the question is, how do I cope with having strict parents who are constantly breathing down my neck? It’s taken me a long time to learn this, but now that I have a firm grip on it, it works like a charm. Basically what I do is not absorb the pressure I receive from my parents and I don’t take the yelling and criticism to heart. I know that I work as hard as I can everyday (as many of us in 11th grade do) and therefore I do not beat myself up for not being “perfect.” I try my best to be the best student, friend, daughter, sister, and person I can be, which is enough for me to be proud of myself and satisfied with what I achieve everyday. 

What about you? Do you have strict parents like me? If so, how do you cope with it? 

Comments

  1. AnonymousApr 10, 2022, 10:54:00 PM

    I think its awesome that you've found this coping mechanism with your strict parents next time and I'll try it out next time! When my mom yells at me for something I tend to just close up and it does sometimes get to me until both of us just end up forgetting about it and going on like nothing happened.

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  2. AnonymousApr 24, 2022, 2:21:00 PM

    I do have calm and strict parents, I would say it depends on what it is, sometimes they are randomly calm about something, but sometimes they are over strict, and I just deal with it.

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  3. AnonymousMay 13, 2022, 8:30:00 AM

    My parents are normally chill about most things, however when they become strict there is no getting by. As you probably know South African moms can really scream loud.

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