hidebound
adj
(derog 贬) not willing to consider new ideas, methods, etc; too conventional and narrow-minded 对新的思想、 方法等格格不入的; 守旧的; 思想偏狭的
hidebound views, bureaucrats 守旧的观点、 官僚
a society hidebound by convention 墨守成规的社会.
I think it is important to understand the relations between parents and their children. They spend time, energy and money in bringing up children and providing them with what they need. Then, as with young birds, the time comes for the young to leave. As