THEY WERE ONCE LIKE US.

Most often than not, as children, we tend to act as if our parents were overreacting or being overly protective of us. Even though this might be the fact, we treat them bad for doing their jobs as parents.
We act as if we will never react or behave like them to our own children. We have heard of so many stories where parents are made to seem like the bad once  for always getting involved in the lives of their children, even to the point of visiting or staying over at the house of their married sons or daughters, while some scold you for going out with your friends and coming back 5mins late. Even though I might not entirely agree with all the stuff mentioned, especially when it comes to the lives of married children.
I believe as children, we will not be able to entirely put our selves in their shoes and completely understand why they behave the way they do. Growing up I have heard and I believe most of us have heard this saying from out parents especially our mothers that "wait until you have children, then you will understand what they are talking about". As funny as that sounds, I believe it is totally true and a true reflection of our predicament when we become parents someday. Ask many parents today and they will tell you that what their mother's told them when they were young is true. For now, we might think our parents are insensitive and does not care about our privacy or even trust our judgments, but we can never tell Why they behave the way they do.
I heard of a story of a lady moving out of her marital home because her kind and caring mother-in-law was staying with them. According to her, her mother-in-law was the best any woman could ask for, but she just didn't want her around. Her husband was the only son of the woman who had lost her husband years ago.  I thought of this story over and over again and came to the conclusion that the woman was right for not wanting her mother-in-law to always be around, however, parking out of the house was a disrespectful way of dealing with the situation. Even though one can not completely say what might have pushed her to take such action, I wonder what she would have done if she was her mother-in-law. We can't feel what our parents feel for us until we have our own children. That is true.
Just imagine you giving your daughter away in marriage to someone. Imagine how scared and worried you will be knowing how root marriages can be at times. Or imagine your only son or daughter constantly facing problems in his/her marriage or job, how will you be able to sleep without worrying about their well being. Imagine how worried you will be when your child goes out with his friends to have fun and delays to come back home, the thoughts that will be running through your mind, not because you don't trust them, but because you do not trust the system and the world in which we live today. The saying that we say is a cliché, it is a cliché because it  Is true. "We will never know until we have our own children". When next we are thinking of an action to take about the reaction of our parents or the fact that they are always around in our lives and trying to fix our problems, let us remember that " THEY WERE ONCE LIKE US AND WE WOULD ONE DAY BE LIKE THEM". Like I said, even if we try putting ourselves in their shoes, we will not truly phantom what they feel and go through for us. And again, I am not suggesting that their actions are entirely right and justified, however, we might want to have a second thought before we start calling them names and chasing them out of our houses.

Cheers