Your parents only want to protect you and see you happy. You will always be their little boy.
Funny, I have served in the Navy, done a stint in the Persian Gulf, coup in Fiji and now the job that I do is pretty much serving my country and protecting our way of life, but they will always see me as their little boy. My mother still wields a big stick but lets DD get away with everything. DD also dobs me into her when she doesn't get her way, the little suck. I like it though.