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Should I stay or should I go?
I'm 16 & me & my family dont get along at all. I dont see life the same as my family does. They try to restrain me from having a life & its getting hard. They try & keep me very close to them when they know I'm growing up. They want me to be baby again so that I'll just shutup & listen. Too bad it wont work. I need to figure out a way to be happy. Thats just the general question. If you want the full story I'll be glad to tell anyone lol.
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normally parents and teenagers have differences at the age of 13, if yours only started at 16 then that's a plus! You aren't going to see life the same way your family does because they've seen more of life than you have seen. As a parent with a son who is also 16, I can say this. It's hard on both sides. I remember when I was 16, I didn't see anything the way my parents did nor did they see it the way I saw it. I didn't listen and got pregnant at 17. Parents can be over protective and over bearing at times. It's because they love you and don't want you to find things out the hard way. The best lesson is experience. We all know this, but hate the thought of our children or offspring going through some of the things we went through in our lives - we want more and better for our children.
I am 34, and my parents are still in my life, and business too. It never ends, so we have to learn to deal with it and appreciate it. It's best to appreciate it now before it's too late to appreciate it. You have to shut up and listen, out of respect. Happiness is found in yourself. Write down a list of things that you think make you happy and a list of things you KNOW make you happy. Look at both lists - Are the things respectful to yourself and family? Do the things hold value and purpose to your success in your life? If the list consists of things that you determine to keep secretive or questionable, the happiness will only be temporarily. If you want to tell me the whole story you may email me at sophia_pettus@yahoo.com and I will email you back.
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thats parents for you..mine are like that too sometimes...you just got to realize that they will always want to protect you and will always want to baby you and will always do what they think is best for you. You just got to at least act like your listening and block it out if they make you mad...trust me i know...i have a step dad that hates me with a passion..i know...
but if you want to express your anger and tell me the whole story :] email me:
crazyjumpergirl@yahoo.com
-hayley
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lol parents are annoying in this way. honestly the best thing you can do is hear them out, their opinions and when they clash (which they will), you want to do things they probably won't allow explain to them that you're growing up and you shouldn't be treated like you're ten anymore. you aren't leaving them for good, you just want to experience life, make mistakes, and have fun. that's what life is about. tell them something like that.
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