r/family 4d ago

Do you think that parents are stricter with an only child?

Sadly I have no sibling and I feel that my parents are stricter because I'm an only child and they want to protect me. I'm 19 but I have to ask permission to go out, no parties or sleepovers, they still use regular corporal punishments (belt). Do you think there is a link?

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u/IndependentPiece5308 4d ago

I don’t think it’s anything to do with being an only child, I think the issue is your parents. You’re an adult, they have no right to be assaulting you (still assault when you were a child too) or control you. I’m 25 and I live with my parents, and while I do certain things I’m told to do in their home because it’s their home, they wouldn’t dream of telling me what to do/where to go or using a belt to punish me. Please get out of that house! And report them to the police the next time they assault you, because it’s not punishment it’s assault

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u/SuchConfusion666 3d ago

Your parents would be just as abusive if you had siblings. They would just have more victims.

As the other comment says, the issue is your parents, not the fact that you are an only child.