I think it’s a general consensus among many students that they won’t have their parents read their essays, but would let just about anyone non-blood related do so. My dad lost his cool today and went off on me on not letting him read it, so I was just wondering what you guys do.
Well, I let (read: forced) my dad read all of mine haha. But it’s only because we have a very close relationship and I trust his judgment. However, if I had written about something I wasn’t comfortable with sharing with my parents, I would have straight up refused to let him read my essays and kept it away from his reach. My mum, on the other hand, doesn’t like to read, so she didn’t read my essays lol. So I guess, it really depends on the situation and person.
Well, I let (read: forced) my dad read all of mine haha. But it’s only because we have a very close relationship and I trust his judgment. However, if I had written about something I wasn’t comfortable with sharing with my parents, I would have straight up refused to let him read my essays and kept it away from his reach. My mum, on the other hand, doesn’t like to read, so she didn’t read my essays lol. So I guess, it really depends on the situation and person.
Excluding my parents, I only had 1-2 friends read my essays. I understand how letting your parents read them is pretty uncomfortable tbh, but I think it was helpful for me (although this may depend on if your parents are English professors, nonnative speakers, etc. lol). In your situation, have you tried describing the general outline of it to appease him? Or you coul just explain to him that you’re looking for other opinions on your essays first. In the end, it’s your essay and not his (but I imagine that if I were a parent I’d be curious about what my child wrote :D)
My mom used to be an editor (for scientific journals and stuff), so I let her read mine and she marked them up and I fixed them and whatever.
But I resented it. It went beyond simple grammatical things. At some point, it becomes not-yours, you know? But at the same time, you want it to be the best it can be.
It’s a balancing act.
I asked my son to have a very capable friend of mine read his.
My parents are helpless at English, so they generally don’t read my essays (or thankfully, my stories and poems). When they try to read my essays, they usually give up after a few paragraphs.
I have more of a problem with my other writing, since I have to make sure I don’t submit anything they’d find offensive to competitions in case they ask to read my work, which can prove trying at times. I recently won an award for my poetry and I’m extremely happy they didn’t ask to read my poetry; one of the collections is pretty personal to me (which, I suppose, is why it won; the writing, I now realize, wasn’t the best).
My parents edited my college essays, along with my 9th grade english teacher (I’ve kept in touch), and another adult I trust. My mom is very good at editing and same with my dad to an extent (he’s a little bit dyslexic but still helpful). We did butt heads on one of my essays, since they didn’t like the topic, but I stuck with it and they respected that. It was for an honors college application, and considering I got in, I think the topic was fine.
My parents edit almost all my essays, including my big essays I wrote last semester in college (a 4-page essay wouldn’t count). I had a friend read one of my essays and the class writing consultant, and when I sent it to my mom afterwards she called me up immediately with issues throughout the entire paper. Its really helpful since I’m not a humanities person at all and am not a very good writer.
I stayed out of my D’s essays. When she got a card back with one of her acceptances from a reader who said it was really good, I finally asked her if I could read it. It was indeed really good, and there is nothing that I could have suggested to her that would have improved it.
I let my parents read most of the essays I write, unless I am under a time constraint or something. I think my dad enjoys critiquing my work and my mom just likes to read things. I also send important essays to relatives that offer to help. Always looking for improvement and the chance to get better 
No, my D did not want me to read her essays. She had teachers at her school look them over with her.
I did not let my parents read my college essays nor did I have any other adult read them. I wanted them to be in my own voice.
I didn’t let my parents read them, nor any of their friends. It was personal
Hahahahahahahahahhahahhahahhahahahahhahahhahahhahahahahaha. No.
I only let my parents read my Common App essay because it involved information they already knew about me. Neither of them are the best at the technical side of writing, so they just read it out of curiosity, told me I was a good writer, and moved on.
I only let two of my closest friends read and help me edit for two essays that went to the same college. We had a lot of application overlap, so I only wanted their help on the essays going to a college we weren’t all applying to.
For all my hardcore editing needs, I go to my AP English teacher, who is really familiar with my writing style and voice. So far we have probably edited 8 essays together. He is a lifesaver and probably the only person that has read my most personal college essays, besides adcoms of course.
I gave in to letting my parents read my Common App essay, but I promptly passed over all of their suggestions. They didn’t read any of my other ones.
No, the only input I let my parents have about college is the location and tuition. My college admissions process information is personal and not shared with them (unless I.e I’m applying to a school like Uchicago and the want an essay about how would my parents describe me in one word).
My mom alway asks to, I let her.