why do parents get so shit scared about their children...watching crime news 24*7?

ok now this is a hot topic...!! it was just that today i was planning to meet my friends for a cofffee and a movie and so i as usual got up and came down.....to see my parents busy having a hot cup of coffee in the morning...i usually avoid getting out of my house on sundays, no wonder as papa is at home so as he is a bit consevrvative i have to be indoors, but then i was shifting to baroda next day which was around an hour or two away from the city i had to meet my friends before i left.

so as i came down , i called up my driver to come and pick me up and i got ready....my dad gave me a weird look as i came down after gettin ready "where are you going!?" he asked and that was an obvious question so i told him how i was planning to spend time with my friends today...and suddenly he got furious and kept a weirdest condition , he handed me over a chit and said "please note down how many boys and how many girls are going , write down their phone numbers , write down even their addresses"
this condition made me stare as daddy's face for a while...i didnt like it obviously as i wasnt a kid anymore...and this is a natural reaction among teenagers and specially late teens ...but i obeyed..

i coulnt understand the reason behind dads behaviour though so i asked mum, but she was worse..even though i had informed her about my plans the previous night

 then suddenly my dad finally opened up and said " you should have been up in the morning and seen the news ..friends raped/kidnapped their own friend who was of almost your age "

i didnt know how to react that time....as i was all set to leave...being parents they were ok on their part , and they did what every parent should do, but the negativity enters when they dont do it once but do it everyday...
as in surprisingly i since i was in primary school i have seen my parents continuously watching crime news and crime news and more crime news......and very rarely something that is positive....

we all know the world is not safe and its going worse...and tht is enough to make us negative specially girls and children who are young..but then i thought being parents they should not only warn us but also encourage us to take care of ourselves......and make us strong to face the world... because if they dont encourage us then who would...after all their children will be the ones to take care of them later , and that is pnly possible when they realise they should be CAREFUL NOT SCARED!!


so now what do you think....parents are confused as they love their children and want them to be safe..but the fact is that there is a difference between awaking and scaring your kids, you have to make them aware and teach them to be careful .....as that can help them to be safe instead if you keep them locked up ....soon parents as we all realize the fact  that soon they are to grow up and just because you scared them and didn't aware them they wont know what self -protection is...so make them strong and safe....not weak and your explanation and open talks are the only way through this :-)




love you all