29/01/2026
When parents overprotect for years, it often comes from love mixed with fear. The intention is safety, but the impact can be a child who never learned how to trust their own wings. When protection turns into control, children grow up making decisions based on approval, not confidence. They may look independent on the outside, yet feel unsure, anxious, or frozen when real choices appear. The world feels overwhelming because they were never allowed to practice meeting it gradually.
So when freedom finally arrives, it can feel confusing rather than empowering. Like a bird released after years in a cage, the instinct to fly exists, but the muscles were never strengthened. Healing takes patience, not pressure. Children do not need sudden freedom. They need guided support, reassurance, and space to fail safely. Independence is not something you switch on one day. It is something that is gently learned, step by step, after years of being told the cage was protection.
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