Overprotectiveness

Her overprotectiveness may stem from the fact that it took her so long to conceive a child that she’s having trouble letting go.

I recognized elements of my mom’s and my relationship in Eleanor and Nick’s dynamic: the mom’s overprotectiveness, the son moving to New York to get some space, the parental obsession of controlling the child’s life.

Loina is a 23-year-old woman with dwarfism, whose doting mother’s overprotectiveness and financial circumstances have left her isolated, especially from others like her.