Why are some parents strict over dumb stuff?

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When you are a parent you have to pick your battles carefully, although these are very common. The thong thing is just parents wanting you to be modest and not sexually active because thongs are the anti-christ for or some reason.
Bedtimes for some one at 6 should be around 7 or 8 because they do need a lot of sleep to be able to function so even though it seems ridiculous to go to sleep while the sun is up you can always use the well you can go to bed at 5 in the winter when the sun goes down bit.
Going out with friends is good for adolescents because they need that social interaction and try to figure out who they are but it wouldn't kill them to spend a Saturday night at home with the 'rents for a family night.
They worry about grades because they want you to succeed and be successful in life, and not live in their basement till you are 50.
Cell phones are a problem though. We as a society are forgetting how to communicate with each other and with all the social media they just want to make sure your safe and not going to have something terrible happen like the Amanda Todd story.