By: Jordann Witt How does strict parenting affect children? First of all, it deprives children of opportunities and it limits self discipline and responsibility. There are lifetime effects due to strict parenting, like lack of self control or becoming mature at a very young age, which means losing childhood and sometimes having behavioral problems. Strict parenting has different variations. At Bear River High, a few students were polled to ask if they had strict parents. Surprisingly, most said they did and they had several things in common with one another, like major discipline, phones taken away for no reason, yelling for no reason, and unreasonable expectations.
One student who was polled wished to stay anonymous. She explained that she has unreasonable punishments like taking away all freedom, no more having and going out with friends, no more working, and no more phone. On one occasion she was late walking into the house. Her parents then installed a ring doorbell to see why she was late and what time she entered the house. Her grandpa even took extreme measures to install a sensory system to indicate when a window or door has been opened. One time she opened the window to get fresh air and her grandpa ran in yelling asking why the window was open. This strict environment has a huge impact on her life. She feels like she's in a prison and can't do anything without fear of having everything taken away. Emma Stanworth said her parents weren't too terribly strict unless she didn't get her stuff done. If she didn't, her parents would take away everything. Which may seem a little too much, but everyone has their own opinion. It can cause issues later in life like the feeling of constantly needing to get everything done, or stuff is going to be taken away. According to Morgen E. Peck, a psychologist with Scientific American, a “new research suggests that parents who stoke their children with harsh scolding may also be saddling them with anxieties that last a lifetime.” Strict parents come in all varieties because we all have different views of what's strict and what's not. Some think that if parents take away phones, then they are strict, but some kids have it much harder like cameras and sensory systems and even tracking devices on our phones and on our cars. Having strict parents can affect us later in life. The feeling of fear causes you to feel like you're forgetting something, so you feel as though you're going to get yelled at. Sometimes it causes clinginess or emotional deprivation with people. Some kids never get the emotional love they need as a kid, so they seek it as an adult. Strict parenting can have long term effects on people. Even though the effects of strict parenting aren't always visible, it does have long lasting, negative effects.
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