How Do You Deal With A Super Overprotective Parent?

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🗓️ 15 June 2022

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Our junior listener reached out to us seeking advice about her over-protective dad. He's very strict on her curfew and rules for dating boys. This seems normal, but the problem occurred when her parents crashed her dinner date. It led to an argument, and now her dad refuses to let her date. Is he too overprotective? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/the-bert-show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The Bert Show.
0:01.5	The email is from a junior Bert Show listener.
0:05.2	She's got a really overprotective dad and she's hoping you guys can help out 1-855 Bert
0:10.4	Show on how to like get him to get off of her back just a little bit.
0:16.2	You can always hit us up at the Bert Show dot com.
0:18.1	Cass has got the email.
0:19.3	I need your help Bert Show.
0:20.9	I need to know how to get my dad to back off and stop being so strict and overprotective.
0:26.2	And please don't say that I should be happy that I have a dad who loves me so much.
0:29.8	My mom says that all the time I can be happy he loves me and also be unhappy by what he
0:34.3	does because of it.
0:35.9	I'm 16 years old and just finally allowed to date.
0:39.6	So my dad's overprotective is really at its peak because of it.
0:43.3	But his overprotectiveness goes back much farther.
0:46.4	For example, I've never been allowed to sleep over at a friend's house.
0:49.9	When I'm at a friend's house, I always have to be home by 8pm.
0:54.0	Just recently my curfew was changed to 10pm unless I'm on a date and then it's 8.30.
0:59.1	I'm not allowed to have boys in any part of my house except the living room, kitchen or
1:02.2	dining room.
1:03.4	My dad also has my phone set up so all my text messages are also sent to his computer
1:07.9	so he can monitor them.
1:09.6	So I rarely text and only make phone calls.
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