I am so sheltered. My parents are extremely over-protective. I am just sick of it. I know that everyone in here is probably going to say "Well, duh, Kayla! It's for your own good!" That's what my parents have told me all along. No, it's not for my own good. It isn't good that I have no life... because of them. It isn't good that I never get time with my friends... because of them. It isn't good that I don't get to be a normal teenager... because of them. I've watched friends grow up with over-protective parents, and usually by the time they hit 14-16, they begin acting outrageously rebellious. Lately, that's how I feel. I feel like doing something crazy. I feel like living it up and having a little innocent fun. I feel like getting in trouble for once in my life. I know most of you probably think I'm insane by now, but that's just seriously how I feel. It feels like my parents are trying to make me an exact copy of them. I feel like I am being molded into something that I don't want to be. I'm just so tired of being sheltered. Before anyone makes any conclusions, I don't plan on doing anything too crazy. I'm praying that God will control this deep hunger for rebellion. All I want, however, is a little freedom. More freedom than I have now. Freedom that I deserve. [/rant]

That's awful. My mom's not [i]that[/i] bad, but she is very very over-protective. My dad is too. Neither of them ever want me to go anywhere (friends' houses, parties, sleepovers, etc.), and even though I have no intentions of dating for another year and a half- two years, I get endless lectures about how I am "growing up to fast" or how I'm "too involved with the guys". Ugh! Can I not have a guy friend without my dad saying it's a boyfriend? No. Any guy that I ever mention, dad goes off on me "You're growing up to fast! You need to chill out! No boyfriends!" I'm just aggravated because it feels like they don't trust me. I don't feel in the least bit trusted, and I want to change that. I feel that I have earned their trust throughout several things that I have done. I have taken responsibility for things you would not imagine. I just think that I deserve a little more freedom and a little more trust. That's all I ask for.