Helicopter Mom refuses to let 13-year-old daughter attend movie with friends unless she can join them

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  Teen girl sits happily in movie theater, propping her sneakers on the seats in front of her while holding a bucket of popcorn.

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• So here we have one of the teen's friends messaging "Kailee's Mom"

  
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  This is already quite an unusual thing to do!

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  Strict parent mode has activated.

• No one can do a swift retort like a teenager

  
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  Yeah like… don't bring your mom to the function is a rule that applies to a lot of things in life. We all love our Moms, but there's a time and a place for their presence! 

  Just imagine how this Mom would feel if the roles were reversed, and she had to bring her teen daughter along to all of her social outings. She wouldn't be able to talk as openly with friends, and most likely, the Mom's friends would find it super strange. 

• I don't know about you, but when I was 13, I had already been a babysitter for 2 years. I had a cell phone at that point. And you probably did too! I imagine a lot of us started doing babysitting jobs around this age, because it's around the time where kids are considered responsible enough to look after themselves. Parents let them start learning to cook, they let them stay out a bit later, maybe they let them pick their bedtime. The kids have to start maturing at some point. 

  Does this Mom want her daughter to leave the house at 18 having never texted her friends before, having never been trusted to be on her own? When is enough enough? 

• There were some harsh critiques for this parent

  
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  It's hard to say, but it's true: this is such an uncool thing to do that it could ruin one's social status in an instant. 

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  Teen girl and her friend watch a movie together in a theater.

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• This is how a lot of families operate!

  
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  You just let your parents know where you'll be, and who you'll be with, and when they should expect you home. 

  I think this works because it establishes trust. The kids know that their parents trust them enough to let them out on their own. And the parents trust that their kid won't lie to them too much, because they have the freedom to choose how they spend their time. 

  This parent seems so overly controlling of her daughter that it probably hasn't crossed her mind to do something like this, but it is a good idea. 

• I agree bigly with this person

  
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  Most of us can probably remember how mortifying it was to be seen with your parents when we're in our young teen years. You turn 13 and all your friends are starting to act like mini adults. Suddenly, being seen with your parents out in public makes you feel like you're still a baby in the eyes of your peers. 

  There's no way this kid isn't sneaking around already, but things like this text conversation will just make it even harder for her to acclimate to a healthy social life, not to mention making it hard to have a strong (and trusting!) relationship with her parents. 

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  Teen girl is embarrassed by her family circumstances while she watches a movie with a friend.

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