ya I totally identify with you. My mom is so picky about everything! we can't have any food in the house that isnt diet, she doesnt want me to be with my boyfriend of 3 years because he doesnt have a job and comes from a poor family. news flash mom: we arent that well off either! and if he could get a job, he would. I dont know if anyone in here is or isnt from the U.S but if you havent hear yet, we are in a recession. no jobs, no money, extreme inflation, etc. its kinda hard to get a job when there isnt any left! especially an entry level job, cuz by the way, im only 17 and my boyfriend is only 18. I'm lucky i have my job.

Another thing, my mother cares way too much about what other people think. I backed into a car and my bumper had a ding in it right, she paid 400 dollars to make my car "perfect" again so she could look good in front of the neighbors. I just dont understand her concepts and principles. I'm lucky I dont spend that much time at home. then I wont become like her. I'm practically raising myself

Mine are kind of an odd mix.

They're super-religious Mormons, so it goes without saying that a lot of their ideals are really repressive and strict... which never really sat well with me at all.

They were always really loving, though, and their idea of discipline was just taking away luxuries, or making you feel really bad about what you'd done, which worked surprisingly well.

We get on really well now, though, I don't live in their house, so I don't have to live by their rules, and we just avoid certain topics that we know will lead to a big fight.

As far as my education and career goes, my parents always encouraged us to do our best.
If you got bad grades because you weren't good at a subject, that was okay; but if you got bad grades because you were lazy, you got in trouble.

Apart from that, my parents just want us t be happy.
I've written stories my whole life, it's just something I've always loved. There's not a lot of money in writing, but my parents still burst with pride whenever I get something new published, because they know I'm doing something with my life that I enjoy.
It's the same with my marriage. My parents were happy when I got married, despite the fact that my husband and I were both poor students at the time, because the man that I married was a good man, and that's all they wanted for me.
They have quite a surprisingly hippy-ish "All You Need Is Love" when it comes to a lot of things.

My mother is super religous and rather strict and judgemental. My father though is real laid back and rather open minded about most things. So I guess they sorta balance each other out a bit in a way.

Mine are conservative. That's one reason I can't stand really talking to my mother anymore. My dad's more quiet protest type so he normally doesn't say much of anything, but I know he doesn't approve of something when he says nothing. When I was younger, my mom used to not let me do anything, but she's realized that I'm not a kid and that I can take care of myself.

My parents are wonderful. X3 Relaxed but not so much that they'll let me do whatever... Wait. No. They'll let me do whatever, as long as I understand the consequences and don't go running to them without trying to sort it out first if it goes wrong. They're perfectly willing to help me though if it does come to the worst. I think they brought me up pretty well. XD I'm not exactly in with the wrong crowd... Or at least in with the wrong type of people that would possibly be a bad influence to some, but I'm not going to participate in whatever they tell me to if I deem it wrong.

Yeah, I have the same type of parents as you do, Sadistix. They're first and foremost most concerned about my education. They're fine with everything else, though. As long as I have straight A's, good SAT score, and a paved stone road towards the career of a doctor, they're fine with everything else.

My parents aren`t really strict, and are sometimes stereotypical. But I love them, nonetheless. <333 They normally don`t let me do anything if they don`t understand what it`s really about, and they get mad, but not for a long time.

My mom`s also really religious, but not obsessively so. :') We respect that about her, we go to church at least every other Sunday if not every, and she let`s us do whatever. She`s generally always happy, so it`s kind of odd when she`s upset. XD She can never stay mad at us a lot, so it`s normally her doing when my dad lightens our so called punishments. XD They don`t believe in being grounded, so they just give us really, really long lectures when they`re mad.

My dad`s also religious, but he only cares about going to church and handing over the money with the envelope religion-wise. XD He`s hard working, but he`s also unfortunately a workaholic. It`s bad for his health, but he does things quickly and efficiently. :') He can be pretty bossy though. <//3 :'P He can also be pretty lazy, but he`s getting old so... >___> XD

They`ve also got their bouts of being stereotypical, like... well... y`know. XD But they won`t go overboard the line and be considered racist. No, nothing like that, because they`re main ideal is respect. Respect others, respect yourselves, and respect your food. XD

Education-wise, they can get pretty scary. They can`t stand it when we slack off on our homework, but now they`re calmer about it and try not to argue with us about it most of the time. :') They encourage us a lot though, to join as many clubs as possible so as not to miss out on something because they didn`t get to experience most of the stuff we do now. They make us work really hard on studying though. :'P

All in all, they want us to enjoy our life because that was their main idea when we moved to Canada. :')

Well my parents used to be a lot like that back when my sister was a teenager (she's 10 years older), but they've changed a lot since then.
My mom no longer judges people based on appearance, and my dad doesn't freak out quite as easily.
My parents are pretty awesome now.

As I am no longer a minor, my parents pretty much let me do whatever I want. The only issue is my mother; she's highly overprotective. Whenever I talk about moving out, she only brings up the bad, hard side of doing so; when I want to go abroad, she warns me about recent issues foreigners have had in that specific country.

I'm sure the warnings are good to know, but come on; a little encouragement is nice too. : /

She's gotten a bit better about it, thankfully.