What makes a parent overprotect their child?

Seriously has the world gotten that bad that people cant leave their kids in the backyard for 5 minutes.





SHould over protective parents be made to be re-educated in their obcession or given meds ?





im just curious to your opinionsWhat makes a parent overprotect their child?
My Mom ended up somewhat over protective bc she lost a daughter. She let her go for a car ride and there was accident. A completely avoidable accident. Now it wasn't her fault at all. But trauma can make a parent overprotective. There are also the parents that let their kids run wild wherever and then cry when something happens. IMO there is nothing wrong with boundaries. If I over protect my kids at least it shows I have a interest in them.What makes a parent overprotect their child?
wow...





tell madeline mccanns parents that. they were a short distance away and there kids were sleeping - what could possibly have went wrong....





i hope your kids never get abducted when you leave them for 5mins, that would be an awful way for you to be 're-educated'





leaving a child unsupervised is wrong. no explanation. its wrong. if you cant care for the kids all the time or arrange supervision, you shouldnt have kids.








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well some parents have lost children and when they have one that lives they become over protective. i don't think it's all that bad. i would rather a parent be over protective than not protective at all. it is the world and a combination of the past or past events that make parents that haven't lost a child the way they are. it takes less than 5 minutes for a person to kidnap a child and by the time you see the car it's too late.
Parents worry constantly that something may happen to their child It can be from a past experience (they may have lost a child) or it could be that papers/area they live in will influence where they will allow the child to go. There are so many horror stories out there of abductions/stabbings/rape/kidnappings etc - why would you allow your child out alone? My daughter is only 3 so she isnt out yet but when the time comes, I will allow her to go out but not too far and her friends wil be welcome here always. I would rather have my child safe then out where you have no idea.
One word; FEAR! That is why they do it. They are afraid something might happen, the child molester will get your kid, the neighbor will do something to the child, the child will fall and hurt themselves. Its just fear and most of us get over it - but some dont.





for those who mention Madalyn: her parents were not careful enough!! they left three kids out of sight and probably out of mind while they went out to eat. Why didnt they order in - like the rest of us would have done?





Sophies Mom: I leave our kids in our yard (fenced) all the time but not in some hotel room thousands of miles from home!
Your child is far more likely to die in a car accident that from being murdered by a stranger.


That doesn't stop people taking their children out in a car.


To be fair, most people worry about their child's safety and cases like Madeleine McCann pop up every few now and again. People don't take into account that around 6 children a year get abducted - that's six out of 6.6 million people.


But the consequences are so awful, and the media is so full of it, that it's hard to ignore.


I have heard before of children stolen from their beds, or from their bath. It's horrible. but rare, very rare.
Fear omg the fear when you are a parent! Nobody told me about it. I swear I was perfectly rational until I had a child. I add I still manage to act rationally but I could literally be paralyzed by the fear of something happening to her. You have to work SOOOOO hard at not becoming neurotic! You love them so much and the pain you would feel should something happen would be unbearable so you go to stupid lengths to avoid it.
its actually a biological instinct to be protective of our young, all creatures in nature, humans, wolves, horses, tigers, whales, etc are protective of their young. It is not something unique to humans, and not a result of the world. It's just instinct, pure instinct.
yes. the world has become a place where you have to be on guard ALL the time. there are so many freaks out there who are waiting for that moment when your guard is down.


i am very protective of my kids because i was abused for many years by people who were trusted. so...i am very much, even overly protective. my kids are worth it!
well it depends on the situation for instance my children are allowed playing outside without me hawking, we live in a rural area however there are several homes with children and they all play together. However I would not let my children play outside in say for instance Buffalo or Dallas, it is just a common sense judgment.
Well - have the adults in this world that have turned out to be utter disappointments and a drain on our system a product of over-protective or under-protective parents?





This is a rant and I don't really see a question here.
have a child and then you will understand.


no meds or education will stop a parent being protective. are you protective of the things you love?
They dont want them to get hurt