Proverb "Don't tell the man who's carrying you he stink's."

My first thought on this proverb was really simple because if you do tell the man who is carrying you he stinks the most likely thing he will do is drop you and say I'm not carrying you any more.  After thinking about the proverb I thought of another theory.  Since you were born your parents have been tacking care of you, feeding you, keeping you safe, and helping.  Imagine if you told them that they sick at what they are doing and you don't want them to do what their currently doing, they might say hey now you are on your own, and I'm not going to help you in life any more.  This is what I think this proverb means.