March 30, 2000 at 12:00 am #16629
SR28464
Participant
I felt exactly the way you do when I was a teenager living with my parents. I didn’t get grounded for the first time until 15, and the free reign I’d done well with before was gone. My parents would tell me to ‘grow up,’ and in the next breath they’d tell me to go to my room. I think they were frightened of my growing up and putting myself in situations they considered risky. At the same time, they were tired of me crying and yelling in protest of their new rules. I still don’t think the things my parents did were right, but my life might have been easier had I made an effort to try to get along with them during that time (easy for me to say – I don’t live with them anymore).