If I'm 17 can I...

I'm not imature I'm just tired of being ruled by my parents and being told what I can and can't do. I can make good choices, I know smoking weed isn't that smart cause u can get in shit for it ATM but hey... I like to get high. I'm just ready to be 18.

 

Rules are a part of life, if you are cool with your parents they will most likely be cool with you, smoking pot has nothing to do with this. This is a mater of having respect for the people who do the best to protect and provide for you. And you may say you are ready to be an adult "18" but the fact that you want to run away so you can play with your friends says something quite different. Peace

 

Its just sometimes parents dont understand Haha I mean the kid isn't harming anyone or anything I think. He probably wants to sit in his friends basement longer toke and play videogames WHOA thats bad. I mean it would be different if he was running around shooting meth, stealing, and mugging people.

 

Are you ready to pay your rent, buy your food, buy your clothes?

 

It has been like this forever, parents and their children live in two very different planes. Most of the parents I know try to be reasonable. But when someone says they want to run away because their parents wont let them stay over their friends house, my guess would be that, a person who makes that statement has in the past shown that he is not to be trusted, and that would be why he would not be allowed now. Regardless of what he wants to do with his extra time it still boils down to a matter of trust.

 

My mom has a saying...


"One Lie and you're a liar."

 

I know that all you teenagers don't believe it, but your parents were your very same age a few years ago .... and they had parents. They know both sides of the story while you've only seen one side so far.

 

idk how your parents are but as long as im not rediculously obvious about it my mom turns a blind eye to it, i know my curfw on weekends is usually 12:00 (yeah im 18 but i still live under her roof n eat her food so i still have one) so i try to go to my friends houses earlier in the day so i atleast have more time. also if your freinds dont look completely alarming and can behave for 10 minutes bring then to meet your parents, this can sometimes make them more comfortable just to know who you will be with.

 

I'm just saying you have to let kids make their own decisions sometime and don't shelter them too much, I can see if you let your kids make decisions and it as a negative effect on their life then its ok to step in. In my case tho my parents were over protective and strict, not that they didnt raise me right they did a great job! I listened and behaved for 17 years never got in any trouble at all, so you would think my parents would trust me Wrong. I would call and ask to stay out later or go somewhere and they would say no What the Fuck I always showed them respect, now they can't do the same for me. So with my previous upraising I knew I had the tools to make good decisions about my life and I started living by my rules. Yeah my parents were pissed off, I kept doing what I wanted and I kept my life in order decent grades, job ect. and pretty soon my parents backed off. So I think its ok to show a little defiance as long as you show them your mature enough to handle life on your own without fucking up.