I dunno ACooper... I've had friend whose parents were involved as you mentioned and did things to spite them or as an escape from them.
On another side, two of my cousins, there mom was exactly as you describe.. they moved very far away to escape there mom.
Parental involvement works and works well... but at a certain point you have to become involved less or risk pushing them away.
A friend of mine was an honor student all the way through highschool... got accepted into the criminology program at Ottawa U (or Carleton... not really relevant). Then he dropped out to pay for his coke habbit.
Everybody always had a fairly high opinion of him.
So the bad habbits aren't always where you would expect them to be.
On another side, two of my cousins, there mom was exactly as you describe.. they moved very far away to escape there mom.
Parental involvement works and works well... but at a certain point you have to become involved less or risk pushing them away.
A friend of mine was an honor student all the way through highschool... got accepted into the criminology program at Ottawa U (or Carleton... not really relevant). Then he dropped out to pay for his coke habbit.
Everybody always had a fairly high opinion of him.
So the bad habbits aren't always where you would expect them to be.