Having your own space means having individuality and, more importantly, privacy, what every human being needs to develop physically, psychologically and emotionally, having things his space to do things according to his criteria, experiences and thus learn by himself Of course, since childhood we must do it with a little supervision but from a distance.
Parents want to guide the lives of our children at all times and most of the time we deny that space that we speak of, then our children begin to feel trapped, drowned by what they consider the interference of their parents, and consciously or subconsciously, moves away from them.
The situation is getting worse. And it is that we as parents, when checking the distancing of our son, we try to participate more in his life, we have to lose our child, even though he is 18 years old, the result is that parents and children do not communicate openly, if not that we catch each other in a relationship that limits us.
All of this stems from the low confidence that some parents tend to have in their children. For them, nothing that children do is correct, and they continually fear that they will make "the big mistake" that will ruin their lives forever, and faced with that fear, the inquisition begins: who are you talking to on the phone? why are you on the street so long? Do not meet with these people ... There comes a time when the young man is afraid to come home, because he knows in advance what awaits him at home. So even though he is living at home with his parents physically, they shun them emotionally and that great span of parents and children is broken.
Do you understand then the importance that our children have their own personality, and we respect their right to privacy as I mentioned in my previous post?
I hope you liked my post ... it has been very useful. Regards
I find what you say interesting. I think that the space you mention in your article, should also be according to the age of the child. It is not the same for a 12 year old, to give an example, to be out late in the street, as it is for a 6 year old. I also consider that nothing in excess is good, even parental supervision. Everything has its balance in the parent-child relationship.