http://www.uscollegesearch.org/blog/general-resources/when-helicopter-parents-hurt-your-independence/ U.S. College Search - Blog Wed, 24 Jun 2009 06:34:04 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.uscollegesearch.org/blog/general-resources/when-helicopter-parents-hurt-your-independence/comment-page-1/#comment-342 Whitney Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:37:08 +0000 http://www.uscollegesearch.org/blog/uncategorized/when-helicopter-parents-hurt-your-independence/#comment-342 What is your advice on gaining independence from your parents when you are 21 years old and have made poor decisions and mistakes, but want to change without your parents hovering and giving you ultimatums and threats? I admit that I have, in the past, drank too much at college because of the freedom thing, but right now I am working an internship and taking a class during summer school. I drink occasionally, but my parents always think I have a drinking problem. How do I get them to give me space without them thinking that I am going to keep making the same mistakes and poor decisions over and over again? What is your advice on gaining independence from your parents when you are 21 years old and have made poor decisions and mistakes, but want to change without your parents hovering and giving you ultimatums and threats? I admit that I have, in the past, drank too much at college because of the freedom thing, but right now I am working an internship and taking a class during summer school. I drink occasionally, but my parents always think I have a drinking problem. How do I get them to give me space without them thinking that I am going to keep making the same mistakes and poor decisions over and over again?

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