help!! boy/parents trouble!!!(ten pts.)?

Q: ok i'm like just turn 15 and my parents have been protective of me since like forever.. they won't let me go to sleepovers. and the movies alone! i mean ALL of my friends, even my not very popular friends gets to go to the movies and all that stuff. and because of that i'm like turning into an unknown person at skool and i don't like that! I mean i get straight A's and in all the smart classes at my school. I don't get why they are so protective of me!! please do you think there's anyway that i can convince them to at least let me hang out with my friends!!! or else i'm gonna prob. turn into those geeks who can't even have a convo with a guy!!!!! =0000

A: Have a calm, serious talk with your parents. Tell them that you will be an adult soon, and you feel the best way to learn to be a responsible adult is to practice in safe situations now (like having training wheels on your bike). Remind them that no matter how careful a person is, bad things can still happen, so it would be good if you learned how to deal with those bad things. Suggest a "graduated" system of independence, starting from little things now to total independence at 18. Have a sample set of rules written out, and be prepared to compromise. Some suggestions: -you may attend sleepovers if your parents have met the hostess, and her parents will be present during the sleepover. -you attend one movie with a parent/chaperone sitting a few rows behind you, and then another movie alone, and then with a friend, etc. -you can go on daytime or group dates once you turn 16 if your parents meet the boy first; at 17 you can go on nighttime dates alone; any rule-breaking means one month no dating.

Related items