Parents

[MackFind]

Soooooooooooo much more in my business since I turned 13. Everyyyyyything they want to check and see. Friends, messages, ughhhhhhh no privacy! Sorry, had to vent.

[Dalcourt]

Puberty for Girls :arrow: Family and Friends
this fits better here

[ska8er]

Once u get a little bit older u will
find that u will get more freedom
but u have to work on it and show
them that u deserve it. Since u live
with them they r responsible for u.
It does get better and if u find u r
under a lot of pressure u can go out
on ur own after ur 18.

[Semi_IronMan]

Lol we’ve all been there. It gets better, byt net vas(hang in there)

[Katie2003]

Parents have the right, even though we sometimes might not like it. You have to look at their reasoning, and realize they hear news reports and stories from their friends about things that other kids got into trouble with.

I wasn't allowed to use the computer at all until I turned 15 in April unless mom was sitting next to me supervising exactly what I did, and it pretty much had to be school/homework related. No email, no other websites. I also never had a phone until I turned 15. Mom has mine set up so she can read all text messages, and get a record of every call on either her phone or the computer. She also still reviews all my online activity every couple of days just to see what I've been doing. But I understand the reasons why, and this is a HUGE improvement for me over how it used to be. I was thrilled when my counselor suggested joining VT as a safe way to meet other teens and mom approved.

[Birds18]

Soooooooooooo much more in my business since I turned 13. Everyyyyyything they want to check and see. Friends, messages, ughhhhhhh no privacy! Sorry, had to vent.


Welcome to my world. I bet my parents are more strict than yours. What is your bedtime?

[mick01]

That was the case to some extent for me as well. And after a while of checking and finding nothing out of the ordinary, they just stopped. So, earn their trust and they will soon stop with the checking.

[Jake445]

Oh that's terrible, they should have more trust in you!

[Shamal]

Hopefully after a while they decide you're being fine and just stop checking.

[Char03]

Soooooooooooo much more in my business since I turned 13. Everyyyyyything they want to check and see. Friends, messages, ughhhhhhh no privacy! Sorry, had to vent.

My parents are EXACTLY the same - it sucks. :mad:

[Oscar-V3.0]

Mum would be a better spy than James Bond... :whoops:

[erik2000]

Mine are also like that and they punish me a lot

[Taylormade]

That sucks, and it's no fun. I had the same situation for a while but it eased up a lot. When it first started I really raged against it, and I had so little personal privacy that I didn't feel I could do anything. This made me take a step back and see it from another perspective. Rather than just trying to find a way around the restrictions i went with them. I saw that my dad wasn't doing this to piss me off but to protect me and keep me from making mistakes or getting into bad habits. He should have trusted me without imposing restrictions but sometimes people need to see for themselves before they can trust. But once your parents see you're not doing anything wrong they'll ease up the iron grip. Give 'em time.

[inactiveguy678]

I'm kinda in the minority here but since my parent are super old (like grandparents old) and I'm like their 4th child after a long history with 3 children of similar age, my parents kinda peaced out on the helicopter parenting with me. In fact, its so ironic that they force my siblings to do the implementation and the monitoring while they simply just dictate the rules lol.