Parents Who Emotionally Control Their Children Beyond Childhood

Children need freedom in order to achieve autonomy. Only in this way can they structure their identity, their beliefs, and their opinions. Furthermore, they’re able to travel along the path towards adult life. However, when parents emotionally control their children, they hinder their development. There are parents who, from their children’s childhood pan out their futures based on their own needs. In fact, they look to the future and assign their children responsibilities that simply don’t belong to them. They see in their child a refuge from loneliness or a lifeline from the losses of old age. They also might expect…