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Wow that's so rigid - her friends can call you?  Yikes...[/quote]

Yes, remember the 90s when you called a friend's house and *gasp* might have to talk to their dad for 10 seconds before he put your friend on? Yeah, it's like that.

Or, like I said, they can use the household cell phone, my wife's phone.  Spare me the sanctimony.[/quote]

Calling in the 90’s, it was house phone to house phone. So yes, anyone picked up. It’s not comparable to today. We can text. Most people text instead of call. So it’s weird for a teen girl to text “the cellphone,” and the dad reads it or responds. It’s creepy. [b]Why no phone?[/b][/quote]

They don't really text. Mostly call. There's no iron law that says they have to text. Regarding "Why no phone?" I will provide no answer, because it's not a serious question.[/quote]

Sounds like your family are just a bunch of losers. Losers raising a loser daughter. Must suck to be her. You are sheltering her instead of teaching her how to navigate the world. Good luck when she finally gets her freedom…..[/quote]

OK, calm down you two. I don't think you're going to convince the other poster, PP. If that's the worse of their regressive parenting, their kids won't be too impacted and they'll go into the world without too much mishap. There's much worse out there, sadly.

Also, you reap what you sow. A parent who doesn't listen to and understand their child will likely not benefit from much eldercare support, or much genuine connection before that. I've known parents act all surprised when their adult kids don't contact them or come home once they're financially independent - and generally, there are either huge reasons... or an accumulation of little reasons.

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