How to Understand That Parents Are Abusing Their Power: 5 Signs of Tyranny from Relatives

18.12.2024 14:28

Problems between parents and children often arise due to overprotection, which often develops into tyranny.

At the same time, relatives sometimes do not even notice their excessive influence on children.

Let's figure out what signs indicate that parents are tyrants.

Signs of Controlling Parents

The first and most obvious sign is that they interfere in all the child's affairs even when there is no need for it. Moreover, they can do this in various situations: from entering a university to a love interest.

The second sign is the demand for unquestioning obedience, which parents will demand even from their grown-up children.

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The third sign is disrespect for privacy. People who are used to bossing around their child won't even think about the fact that their grown-up son or daughter, who has had their own family for a long time, might not like their arrival at 6 a.m. on Sunday.

Another clear sign is the cultivation of guilt in the child. Any attempt to get out of their control is accompanied by playing the guilt card, when the child is instilled with the idea that he owes his parents, regardless of his age.

And finally, controlling parents are given away by their desire to express criticism in any situation, both where it is needed and where no one needs it.

Irina Tint Author: Irina Tint Editor of Internet resources