How Can I Deal With My Parents?
Question by summrgrl7: How can I deal with my parents?
Let me start by saying I am a 15 year old freshman girl.
Currently my parents are driving me crazy. In particular, my dad. First, they have no respect for my privacy. For example, my dad just “happened” to read an entire gmail chat between me and my best friend which included information about her not being a virgin. She would be devastated if she knew they had found out, and I find it kind of unfair that they feel they have the right to read my personal chats. Now, they insist I don’t spend too much time with her anymore, which is fine, I understand why they feel this way, they don’t want her to influence me, but now they no longer trust me at her house, ever.
Secondly, my parents refuse to allow me to have a Facebook account. There number one reason is that they don’t want me to waste time, but when I asked my dad last weekend very maturely and after a long time, he said yes, I may get one. Well I was so happy, going around telling everyone, getting all excited that FINALLY after a year of trying I could have a facebook. Then today when I told him I was going to make the account, he said, out of nowhere, that he had changed his mind and I could not, after all, have one.
There are many more restrictions they put on me, such as not letting me, a mature 15 year old girl, watch PG-13 movies, and going through my phone to check on everything.
I do understand that they are my parents, and that they just want to make sure that I’m safe, but I can’t take this much longer, I feel like they are treating me unfairly. Any advice would be appreciated(:
I know communication is important, and we have had discussions about each of these topics separately. They always end with my dad telling me there is nothing I can do because they are my parents and I have to follow their rules.
Best answer:
Answer by kacy
tell him how you feel
Answer by Famuyiwa
Well, they are trying to protect you thats all, and with the PG 13 thingdat might just be over protective. With everything going on on the internet these days parents wud wanna protect their children in a ny way they can. Talk to them nicely and show them you are matured enuf for somethings by being nice and doing all dat is expected of you
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