Helicopter-mom demands access to daughter's college emails as a way to "check on things", when her daughter refuses, she guilt-trips her over paying for college and all the years spent raising her: 'I feel that there is a line for what I owe her'

Naturally, the older we get, the more we value our privacy. When we're young, we're not too concerned about our diapers hanging out of our dresses or whether or not our parents have access to all our preschool artworks. But as we grow up, there are such things as crushes, texts, and middle school memories we'd like to keep to ourselves. We can absolutely adore our parents and still not want them to know every single detail of our daily lives. Just because they put a roof over our heads and keep our tummies full, does not mean that we are never entitled to privacy again. It is not something that is owed in the form of transactions, but rather something one chooses to share. 

So when this helicopter mom demands access to her daughter's college emails as a method of 'keeping up to date,' her daughter isn't entirely comfortable with it. But when she refuses, instead of respecting her privacy and moving on, her mom begins guilt-tripping her over all the things she's done for her as a child, and all the payments she's about to make for her throughout college. These are things that people should do for their children out of love, not to create some sort of blackmail bargaining chip… 

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