Random Thought #21: The Ella Enchanted of Los Angeles

First and foremost, never ever overprotect your children. They will go against you.

I don’t mean to advocate parental negligence but I am talking about parents who take their parental responsibilities too far. By being an overprotective parent, you’re not vaccinating them from danger but injecting them with insecurities that linger on forever.

Ask me, I am one of those children.

I understand that my parents love me very much and wish to protect me from harm but I think that they’re overstepping their boundaries. I’ve been told that by people that they couldn’t fathom how a person like myself could have parents who are frighteningly overprotective. I can’t visit friends or step one foot from the house without being marred as a criminal. As far as I know, I am usually home on the computer or in my room playing piano, reading or napping which aren’t really “criminal” activities per se.  I do my homework, I haven’t been arrested and I do really well in school.  I have spoken to them about this and highlighted their unreasonable rules but they never seem to understand.  

In order to deal with this, I’ve come to realize that no matter how old I am or how successful I am, my parents will always be like this. Since this parental practice has been in place for eighteen years, it can go for another eighteen years. It’s up to me to fight for what I want. I’m not asking for trouble nor am I advocating wrongdoing, it’s just that I would like to have time to socialize. Socialization is a human thing and well, I’m human. I feel that I haven’t been allowed “to be a kid” and as a result, I honestly don’t know how to relax.

 Rules were meant to be broken and sometimes when rules don’t make sense, it’s a sign that they’re overstepping their boundary. 

You only live  once.

Random Thought #20: To Be Honest, All Is Full Of Love…Really

There’s just something admirable about the way guys handle situations that makes them very different from girls. Girls would go there and try to hurt you as much as they could. They would sneak up on you the instance you’re not looking in order to leave you bleeding. Basically, from my experience, they don’t have “the balls” to face the situation head-on. Whereas guys, they’re pretty straightforward. There’s no wishy-washyness or unjustified callous manipulation involved.  I admire that.

I guess this is the reason why the phrase “grow some balls” came about.

anyway…Finals week. brb kids!