I can see what you're saying, but Drac and Mavis' reasons differed. It's well known and obvious that monsters are much stronger and more durable than humans. Dennis being a human in a monster world made her very nervous, because she felt Dennis was trying to do and be something he wasn't. Him trying to fly was a prime example of this. She thought it would be best for him to be with other humans where he would fit in and wouldn't be at risk being hurt. While Drac wanted Dennis to be a vampire for more selfish reasons, she didn't care and loved him regardless. But since she thought he was human, she felt the need to protect him much more than what was necessary. I guess you can say she almost saw him being human as a bit of a handicap since he was much weaker and powerless around all these super strong monsters with various powers and abilities.
Think about it, if you had a child (and I'm just using this as an example, I mean no offense by it) that had a handicap that greatly limited what they could do, would you want them hanging around a bunch of people that were wild and reckless. Lets look at it this way (this is just off the top of my head), if a child is born blind, should they be hanging out with a bunch of people that are aways doing reckless things where the child could easily get hurt? No, especially if they tried to do these things that they couldn't. You would feel the need to protect them and want them to do their best at what they were capable of. But if the child suddenly gains their sight and was now capable of doing all these things that they couldn't before, you would no longer feel the need to protect them as much or be worried about them doing something they couldn't because they're now capable of it.
With Mavis, it was pretty much the same thing. She saw Dennis living in the monster world as something he wasn't capable of doing, especially with her father trying to prove he was a vampire, which greatly put his life in danger. It had nothing to do with not accepting what he was (unlike Drac), but of shielding him from things he just wasn't capable of. But once Dennis proved he was a vampire, he no longer had this "handicap" or inability that prevented him from being involved with the other monsters. This was essentially Dennis "recovering". If you have a broken leg, there are just things you can't do, and those you love will not want you to do them because they'll afraid you'll get hurt. But once you recover, you're loved ones will no longer worry about you getting hurt or hold you back because you're capable of these things now. That was pretty much what it was like for Mavis. She just took her overprotectiveness to the extreme. In a way, she was a lot like Marley from Finding Nemo. She didn't think there was anything "wrong" with her son, and she didn't think any less of him for being human, she just thought it was too dangerous for him and what he was capable of. But once he showed he was a vampire and fully capable of fitting in and taking care of himself, she no longer felt the need to protect him so much. Essentially, this would be the same as a parents no longer being so protective of their formerly child because they suddenly gain sight.
I do admit, her extreme overprotectiveness was a decline in her character, but some parents are just like that (mine certainly were), especially if they have a child with a disability. It doesn't mean they don't accept who they are or love them any less though. And once that disability is no longer a concern, there's no reason to worry about it.
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