I think we all have had this situation. One or both of your parents preventing you from doing something. They claim to do this sort of thing to keep you safe. Now, while I can see their point of view, they must see mine. Sometimes we as young adults want to take risks. Risks are part of what makes life worth living. No risk, no reward as the saying goes.

What makes it harder is that the parents see all this stuff on TV about children getting abducted and killed or raped. Sometimes I think that Dateline and 20/20 is polluting their minds as much as they say MTV and other stuff is polluting ours. The stuff you see on the news is only a very, very small percentage of the people in this world. Oh My God, a child was abducted again, I guess we shouldn't ever let little Billy out of our sight again! You don't see people stop driving because someone got hit by a drunk driver, do you? That is a very small portion of the population as well. I blame the news and media, you make it seem like child abduction happens to everyone.

Here's a small example from my life: a couple weeks ago I was given the opportunity to go see one of my friends who lives in Seattle. We would be riding on a Greyhound bus. I was not allowed to go because "there are strange people on those buses." There are strange people everywhere, damnit! Hell, I'm strange! Id fit right in! Then, two days later, I was given the opportunity to go to GenCon. Id be riding with people I have known for over 3 years. Now, GenCon is one of the places Id really like to go to, the other being WrestleMania. But no, shut down again. Why? Because "I don't know any of these people you are going with." Do you fucking realize how many opportunities you have had to meet them? Yet you don't want to. Somehow I convinced them to let me go to Minneapolis with the same people, and it was the most fun I've had in a long, long time. Why cant they let me go with them again? Because of all the abductions on TV.

Another thing is that parents think that you are gonna go out and do drugs the second they aren't watching. Are there people our age that are gonna do drugs? Yes, of course. But that is a conscious decision. School does a good job of telling us that drugs will fuck your body up. If you are ignorant of the risks involved with drugs, then you yourself are indeed ignorant. Taking drugs and fucking up our bodies is our choice, not yours. Now, I myself don't take drugs, as I'm fucked up enough as it is. But my parents think that I am on drugs because I don't talk to them very much. Anyone who knows me knows that is just the way I am, but my parents just don't seem to want to get to know me. They would rather have me safe.

I also see this situation as somewhat psychological. You see, parents that are like this were most likely treated the same way by their parents. This has been inscribed in their subconscious, and so they act this way by nature. They cant help it. They don't realize what they do. I'm sure they hated it when they were younger, so if they were to realize that they do exactly what they hated, I think they might suffer a nervous breakdown, or maybe a mid-life crisis. Id say most likely the latter, as it makes more sense.

Parents also seem to be selfish in this situation. You see, they only think about how they would feel if you were to be lost in some way, shape, or form. They prevent you from doing things that they deem "too risky" so that there will be no chance to feel the loss they would feel from your death or abduction. What they fail to realize is how this makes us feel. We feel like we have no rights. We cant do anything because of your selfishness. That makes me sad just thinking about it.

The solution to this problem? I don't see one anywhere in sight. Most parents who fall into this category don't listen to their children. The way I see it, this situation will just continue until the end of time. You cant stop it. It is just the way life is. And I accept that. This was written to maybe, just maybe, make parents see the light. Maybe this will make parents more aware of what they do. I can only hope. We, can only hope.

StretPharmacist is a lot like the Undertaker:  A gimmick that should have never gotten over, but was taken to unbelievable heights.  Also, he is constantly injured.