"You see faces, not hearts.."

Originally Posted by Furby

Then I was watching the Penn & Teller show and it just got my thinking that some parents take protecting their child too much.

Growing up I had the single mother syndrome. This meant that pretty much anything I wanted to do outside of the house was not allowed unless it was in the yard, and no matter what, I barely was able to hang out with my friends unless they came over to my house.

Essentially I would have rather been reminded that people are assholes everyday of my life before I went out, rather than be forced to stay cooped up in the house. Hell I was 18 years old and I went to a friend's house instead of coming right home from school...his phone was out so I couldn't call home unfortunately, but when a friend came by with a cell phone, I was greeted to a hysterically crying mother who thought I had been kidnapped and killed, and who had called the cops to report me missing.

Doesn't help that she is the Queen of guilt trips either, but I'm guessing most parents tend to be pretty good at that.

How ya doing, buddy?