Why is my dad so dang strict???!!!?

he is trying to keep you young innocent and safe for as long as he can. give him that satisfaction. i don't reccomend you go against all his wishes nor do i think you should obey them all either. things like music and other non hurtful things are ok to sneak into your life. just watch what you want and listen to your music when he is not around. try sayng drat instead of dang.

What is your age by the way?

Probably you are not 18 yet but your dad is very concern about this crazy world and all the horrible things going on. It is not that he is just slaving you or controlling because he can; but I think he is trying to raise you the right way he knows is right. Of course, kids don't like this and we all have been through that. Maybe your dad have been through this when he was a kid too.

I agree with you, he should not be so strict that you are not happy anymore. I think that is overly strict and too much to handle. I think that you should talk to your mother about your feelings, I think you should talk to your grand parents and other family members and have them talk to dad to take it easy on you. I think a father should be a friend with his child to be able to build a cooperative relationship. So don't go crazy, you still have people in your family that you can talk to.

lol My mom was the same way. She was so strict and over protective she homeschooled me, wouldnt let me have friends, go anywhere but to the grocery store once a month with her and stay with her there, she would record all phone calls and make me sit by the bathroom while she took a shower!!! And if I said the slightist thing wrong I got slapped. My mom was a single parent who was raised by a very abusive mom herself. She did the best she could with what little she was taught. I know it was hard on her being alone. My advise would be.....just be patient and try to come to a compermise. If he says no just respect him and leave it at that. I know from experience that its hard to live that way. Just try the best you can without being too pushy. I know it sounds bad but try doing extra things around the house and be kind of a suck up. Try to show more reponsibility on your own and I think he'll come around.

He loves you and wants you to be better.

Omitting certain words from your vocabulary is not a bad thing.

A lot of TV & movies aren't very good right now. Bad story lines, excessive violence and sex. He is probably offended by those things. Again, it isn't the end of the world to not see all of these things.

Sit down and ask him how his day is, talk to him about your family. Start with things that are easy, avoid school and pop culture kind of things. The two of you are always going to disagree.

Remember he loves you or he wouldn't care what you did.

My dad is super strict as well. I love him, but sometimes he can get very angry and take all the anger on my mom, my brother, and me. My dad makes fun of us (my family) a lot and we just laugh with him because if we don't, he's going to be really mad! If I try to talk to him, he still gets mad at me. But once, I really tried to talk to him and I did and now he understands and he's not that strict anymore.

All I can say is that, REALLY, REALLY try to talk to him. I'm sure he will listen to you and understand you because your he's daughter.

Honey you are not the only one with a strict dad. My sister is 18 and she is not allowed to date anyone, even though she is a legal adult. Just try talking to him and if that does not work ask your mom for help

its the same for me I always have to hide things from my parents. and when I get in trouble my punishment almost always unreasonable its getting better i guess its because I'm leaving for college. Your dad won't see some things the way you do and you'll have to accept it. My advice to you would be just to mention things your concerned about or things you want to talk about even if your father is being unresponsive or angry... let him know how you feel when he reacts to what you are saying. you are in his life and he is in yours so don't shut him out or you'll never have a chance to develop the bond you want... it takes time.

I have a strict dad too. I tried to talk him out of it, but all he told me was that he loves me that's why he was being strict. He wanted me to be good so that he could be proud if me in one way or another.

I suggest you talk to him about it even if he gets mad at you.

he's a good dad.

he wants you to stay away from all the dirty things in life, especially when ur young and growing up.

because you can even look, all the good family people, the aristocrats, the royals, they rarely accept any slang in their speech, and rarely dress funky, and rarely do all the cool things. why are they so stiff? because they choose the QUALITY

well educated people are those who stay away from all the dirt.

i think you should sit down and talk to him about it dont ignore or stop talking to him he'll never stop being really strict he should kind of be strict but not so much, but parents tend to because they want the best for us :]