jtee

We have no way of knowing why what is motivating these parents without hearing their perspective.

I do remember when I was in high school have a classmate who struggled with this, and he was a good guy, got good grades, almost the ideal son from most parents perspective, but his parents wouldn't let him do anything, including sports and other after school activities. For him it was come home and stay home. I am sure in the mind of his parents, they were doing what was best, but for them if he wanted go out for pizza with us on a Friday night, his parents rarely would let him go, and if they did, it was be back in 1 hour. We weren't into doing drugs\alcohol and activities that would cause trouble\damage so we never understood why is parents practically kept him a prisoner for all of high school.