When Do You Disconnect the Umbilical Cord?

If it were up to many parents their child would never grow up. They would always remain that toddler that can barely walk and needs their parent for nearly all aspects of their life. At this point in life most, if not all, aspects of the child’s life are decided by their parents. As the child begins to grow, however they begin to make their own decisions and desire more liberties. So the question arises: When should a parent let their child make their own decisions?

Of course any sane parent know that their child is not ready to go out into the world and make their own decisions about things as soon as they come out of the womb, but some parents do believe that they still are not ready for the world even after they are legal adults. To the government that child is now allowed to vote, smoke tobacco, go to a gentleman’s club, and even do time in the big house. But to their mommy they still need to be home by ten o’clock and in bed by eleven o’clock.

Parents should