How to Survive Strict Parents w/ Tara Yummy 

i LOVE that tara doesn’t fake laugh. i love it. so many girls feel pressured to laugh and giggle just because that’s the social cue so it’s so refreshing to see that

LMAOOO foreign parents not apologizing is so crazy i remember my mom bringing me a plate of mango after yelling at me 😭😭

"wait what were you gonna say" that instantly told me you're that friend that makes sure ppl are heard and don't feel left out

I love your jacket in this ep 😍

vereena babe the part where u read the last message sent to ur situationship was not cut out 😭

as the only black girl in my family, I relate to this sm. my parents are more lenient now that I'm 16 but middle school was rough for me. tysm for this. 💗

not Middle Eastern but East African girly 🇸🇴 & this podcast is soooo relatable ugh. the best advice truly, keep pushing boundaries- ask for forgiveness not permission

Why hasn’t anyone addressed what happened to her?I understand the family wants privacy but as unfortunate and sad this is it happened.i think this could be use as a learning lesson and also to bring people in prayer together .praying for a full recovery.

ADVICE FOR U BABIES OUT THERE: My parents weren’t that strict, especially after they divorced. But, I have experience w living an alcoholic/verbally abusive parent (living w only them n my sibling). I feel like I can speak on feeling trapped in a household; it is hard, like, so fing hard living in that environment. All you can really do is wait and bide ur time until you are old enough to move out. I spent a lot of time with my grandparents, friends, and in extracurriculars during that time. Also, my relationship w god/great spirit-whatever that means to you-is what gave me hope. The best thing is to keep your space in the ways that u can. When you move out you will feel so much better and your relationship with your parents will improve. My parent still struggles w this addiction, but it has gotten a lot better, and I am distanced enough to support them. All I hope is that sharing this statement will help someone. ❤ You got this and MANY people have gone thru it before. You will overcome!!!❤ (2 weeks later…jk the alcoholism is worse than ever, but it doesn’t effect my life anymore. Take care of your younger siblings tho! They need u!)

I hope Vereena recovers I miss her sm

As a first gen Latina, I absolutely love how we can relate to this no matter what culture we come from 😫lol Thank you!

Lmao I get Tara on such a deep level. I didn’t know her personally, but we went to the same high school/ middle school. Kids in that area were wildddd. Parties, drinking, “fashion show” attire. The culture was so different than your average high school.

I'm Middle Eastern and my whole entire family is Muslim. My parents are extremely strict. No makeup, no nail polish, we have to wear muslim clothing, Hijabs, etc. I realized I wasn't Muslim around 15 and when I told my dad, I was on house arrest for an entire year. I wasn't allowed out unless I agreed to be Muslim again. No appointments, I was forcefully homeschooled, and I couldn't even go out to shop or anything. I agreed and I was finally allowed out. Now I just sneak around with clothing and everything. This was really very relatable and fun episode!

I love both of you guys so much and this couldn’t have came at a better time. I’m not middle eastern but I have strict parents and I can relate SO MUCH. last year i got my whole summer taken away from me as well😭im also still in school living with my parents and also definitely am insane i can relate to tara sm

My mom was just a narcissist, emotional immature and my stepdad was physically and verbally abusive. But they also wouldnt let me do shit but i was also so rebellious as a teen.

I love how open Verena was being.

as a middle eastern girlie(persian): THANK YOU GUYS FOR THE REP🫶🖤

as a egyptian i can confirm about everything and girl i love you and tara you guys are so iconic

Vereena I can’t stop laughing at the “death groan” 😭😭

this episode is perfect for me im the daughter of two dominicans and im also an immigrant as well it aint easy out here 😭

as a libyan girl i was so excited for this episode omg

im mexican and my mom is so strict I am 27 still at home my goal is to move out before 30 because just tired of not making my own decisons.

As someone who has Hispanic parents, this was like rlly relatable and tbh I feel like this is like a big sister teachable moment 😭

Strict parents raise stealthy kids who learn how to lie and hide things really well. Once you get past the mental and emotional trauma honestly its a useful skillset im glad to have😂

I’m not Middle Eastern but I’m the oldest and everything I do is controlled and my younger sister can do anything

Im not middle eastern but im greek and my mom is SOOO strict, been trying to hang out with my friends and it's always "we'll see" or "what do you want to hang out every weekend now?" (Which ehat if I did? why is that so bad?") for reference I turned 18 earlier this month Edit - definitelyyy have not gotten into as much trouble as y'all did, I am very sheltered :')

dude for me the worst pain as a kid was that I never did anything bad but my mom would create these ideas of what i “did” to excuse how abusive she was😂it’s crazy how fkd minority families stuck in generational trauma are, im so glad genz is able to speak up about shit and break those generational chains now, my mom def broke at least 3 phones and the funniest story is when one time she was pissed cuz she found out I had a crush on a boy she tried smashing my phone on the floor but it bounced on the floor to the ceiling and didn’t break, even she ended up laughing and you could tell my dad had hardcore second hand embarrassment i laughed too even tho i got my ass beat before that

It’s a weird dynamic because Tara still lives with her parents. I think that’s why she doesn’t say much. 😅

me watching this after just getting ungrounded after not being aloud to leave the house since june 2021

Vereena is super mature for her age.

girl that was not cut out

My mouth dropped when I saw this two of my fav girlies together 😮

As a middle eastern in a middle Eastern country I'm excited to see how this goes:3

I really relate to this and I'm not even middle eastern

Someone going get fired for not cutting that part out😭

people thought i was spoiled cause i would get new things, but it was just my parents way of apologizing. 💀

If you guys r supposed to have strict parents what are mine??

Vereena you’re therapy to me

the flip phone part was crazy cause my mom did the same thing 😭

تذكرت قول النبي ﷺ: كل أمتي معافى إلا المجاهرين، وإن من المجاهرة أن يفعل العبد معصية في الليل، ثم يصبح وقد ستره الله، فيفضح نفسه ويقول: فعلت كذا وفعلت كذا.

Vereena we need another pod epi 😭

Caesar ( sorry idk how to spell his name) but he deff didn't edit the text out babe

6:31 and i can already relate on 3-4 points

Bro I’m Arab if my mom saw me wear a crop top she will run around the whole house just to hit me with the slipper lol

I kneeewww this one was gonna be with Tara

IS ANYONE GUNNA TALK BOUT VEREENA SHOOTING HER SHOT AT ALEX !!! GRL ITS NOT CUT OUT!!!

I can relate sooooo bad 💀💀💀 a Leo girly too 🫶🏻🖤

Didn’t know its common to have your dad smash your phone 😂

anyone else noticed the attitude tara and vrenna had against each other 🤔

did she ever say anything abt the alex thing coming out?

26:47 OMG I'M A LEOO:D

LMFAOOOO vereena funny asf. (this is boisting ur ego). NAH BUT I RELATE TO THIS FR THIS MADE ME WANT TO DIVE INTO BEING FIRST GEN W THERAOHY OR YT VIDEOS IUXHPFIDHVIHIDV JAJJAJAJ ALSO I LOVE THAT TARA ANNOUNCED UR WEIRD U ARE, BUT I LOVE THAT CAUSE SAME. V JUST BEING REAL YAP

I’m definitely gonna relate to this video. I’m not middle eastern, but I think anyone with foreign parents can relate 😂

Not Cesar doing his job and not taking the Alex part out 😂😂

Everyone trying to protect vereena about the part not being taken out is so pure

Tara’s parents weren’t even strict wtf 😭

bro tara's parent ain't even that strict lmao

vereena the part abt alex wasn’t cut out !!!!!!!! 💀💀💀💀

as a teenage Middle Eastern girl this was so comforting to listen to/watch and I related to everything which felt so good to be understood

as a middle eastern girl i never had anyone like me to look up to on social media at all. im an adult now but im so happy that u are paving the way and being a source of inspiration for younger middle eastern girls. i wish there were someone like u to watch when i was younger. u are one of 2 girls like me that share content of similar interests on youtube. sososo happy and inspired cuz of u

idk about yll but youre parents are NOT strict lmao

the way your editor said i’m leaving that part in exposed 😅

Only 10 minutes in and realizing vereena's parents aren't even that strict...they cared for her...she was able to go out to her friend "Jennifer's " house...I can't do that. Yooo I am 19 years old and unable to go out...I got asked out on a date two weeks ago and I am trying to come up with the courage to get permission to go out...tbh I don't think it's gonna happen.

I was the eldest daughter in a 1st generation immigrant household and I stand by everything that you guys have mentioned…

even though i’m not middle eastern, vereena has been great representation as a POC and girl in general. i love being able to watch her and relate even if we’re not exactly the same. this episode was so good.

Omg they didn't edit that part with Alex's message...I'm in shock💀💞💞 @54:40

Bro y'all talking about strict parents but thats not even strict. My parents didn't even let me have a phone till I graduated high school, I was never allowed to go ANYWHERE and I mean ANYWHERE other than school and church. Wasn't allowed to wear makeup or have friends over. I was literally a live in MAID as a child. I would be cleaning the house and pulling weeds in the backyard 24/7. If I was even a minute late walking home from school I would get in trouble. I wasn't even a bad kid. I had good grades, didn't hang out with the wrong people, never talked back. I never got to talk with my parents about my day or anything going on at school. Like it wasn't even a relationship I was literally treated like a maid and not their child.

I can relate sm as a African American Muslim, like growing up with a strict parent was unbearable at times and now that I'm an adult I constantly feel like I missed out

The editor did my girl so wrong by not cutting out the part with alex’s conversation

As a hispanic first generation immigrant eldest daughter (mouthful, i know), I related to this soo much 😭 One of my friends, who is also the eldest and a first generation immigrant, also got their phone smashed with a hammer lol. I also got my wired earphones ripped and cut up once, only for my dad to go out and buy me airpods not even a day later 😭😭 This is great representation, loved this episode 🫶

vereena i hope u left the alex part on purpose.. ive been waiting for y’all to be a thing since 2019 don’t let it be a failed talking stage this time 😔🙏🏽

its crazy how someone’s relationship with their strict parents doesnt get better until you are living out of their house

cesar not cutting the alex part is KILLING ME 🫣girl was that intentional or not

It's me worried if Vereena knows that parts still in

the way they never edited the alex part

Most of my friends growing-up were either middle easter or Asian, I remember being my friends' alibi a lot because their parents liked me and trusted that their kid wasn't getting in trouble when they were with me, boy were they wrong. There was nothing more terrifying, than being out with a Tamil friend and spotting other tamils, it was like running from the Stasi.

The alex text not being edited out lmaooo

we have very different definitions of strict parents 💀

Being the only child of immigrant parents really is a pressure like no other!! I’m Mexican not middle eastern but I too was compared to other first gen kids accomplishing the most academically and behaving and being what their parents wanted them to be. I’m 24 now and moved out, and realizing that my life is for ME is the best thing ever. Thankfully I have a good relationship with them now, and they have come to terms with who I am, and the love is and always has been there.

tara n vereena coming together are my two personalities becoming friends

I’m pretty sure vereena already posted enough about Alex she just said f it leave it in lol

your idea of strict parents is so different from mine lmao

On the note of disappointing your parents, what has helped me is remembering that my parents immigrated here in hopes of their kids having a better future and they want us to be happy and to have opportunities to grow that they never had. I agree that you’re going to keep disappoint them because you are growing up in a different culture to theirs but if you’re doing whatever it is for the right reasons or bc you know it’s going to give you a better future or make you happy then do it bc they came here so that you could have that opportunity

Vereena they didn’t edit the part about alex out girl take it down !!!!!

this episode is made for me fr 🙏🏽

I started venting here😭 Wow, seriously gave me a new perspective because I thought that you were somewhat carefree during your early years, I was jealous back then. Not middle eastern but I've always had trouble hanging out with people other than my family. The first time i was able to go out with someone was my bf when i was 19 (I'm not allowed to have a bf but my parents just accepted it lol its been 6-7 years aha) I've been trying to be patient and obey my parents' rules but I'm starting to get over it now that I'm 20. I can't drive, get a job, and go on normal hang outs with friends/my bf. I was told that I'm lucky that they love me before and yes I am but that doesn't mean they have to force their past experiences on me. Last month, i turned 20 and was able to eat at a restaurant with friends. The first thing my mom told me not to do is avoid getting pressure to taking drugs, pills, don't drink and don't go off somewhere else. I understand that it is a reminder but the way she was talking to me was like I was a young teen, having no idea where I was going when I'm just going to a dang restaurant. I just feel very conflicted at how my parents haven't treated me any differently now that I'm 20. I just want them to accept that I'm growing up and to teach me what I need to learn since I feel very sheltered but I am trying to educate myself with things I'm not familiar with

I have strict parents and I related to this, I just find it difficult that I’m an adult and go to college but I somehow still have a curfew so I have to “sneak out”

these do not sound like strict parents at all lol

you call that strict parents? girl bye

They're no such thing as surviving strict parents you just have to rebel at one point. I found out to late but they no you will act like a dog to them. If you say no they will be confused

Vereena I feel you sm on the strict rules sleepovers, going places, & MY PARENTS SCARED ME SMM TOO I COULDNT DO ANYTHING SNEAKY cause it was just too scary

child of haitian parents, and this was needed

i just realized that most girls probably rip a strand of their hair out and put it in ubers, so theres probably just a TON of hair laying on the seats of the cars

i can relate to this episode im middle eastern and muslim so my parents dont let me do anything tbh 😂

I would live for alex and vereena 💖

I love you Vereena! I was feeling very stressed out today, but watching your videos made me feel so happy ❤😘.

jamaican child of immigrant parents here, i’m so excited for this episode 🤭

not him not cutting it outttt😭😭😭😭😭

as a middle eastern watching your videos since i was a child i've always wished to have your life not as all of it but the simple things as going out, dressing what ever i want, and being able to party. that's literally all i wish for but sadly can't do it cuz im in saudi and wow guess what it's fucking gross in here im in uni now and i can't wait to graduate and get tf out of stupid country

just wanted to say, im white af & i can relate to this conversation so much. im 23 & i WISH i had this in high school. you guys are wonderful, thank you for speaking on this. i hope this reaches all the right people 🥺🩷✨ i love you