Mom refuses to allow 13-year-old daughter to go to the movies with her friends without her: 'I don't just drop her off. I have to stay and watch.'

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My daughter is 13 now and has started to ask to go places with her friends. Am I doing too much by not allowing her to go unless I’m there? I hate to be the strict mom.
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_{A woman orders coffee on her own because her mom let her learn to order her own food when she was a kid.}
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