Oh, who cares if this is late...

jpx, no. I'm not kidding.
And who's to say this kid's a robot? Wow... keeping a leash on a child for reasons beneficial to all involved is now some virtual tyranny...
Alright then. What's right and what's wrong? Who are you to say, and how do you know your parents were correct?
Drugs and all that bad stuff... what bad stuff?
Who says drugs are bad? Marijuana is actually perfectly natural, and as long as you're not hurting anyone... who cares? (Note that I'm not condoning this, folks.)
And puh-lease. Don't go turning that "kids just go wild when they've been in a cage too long" scenario on me.
Newsflash: That would be the fault of the KIDS. Not the parents.
Whether the kids want to pin the blame on their parents for being too controlling or not, everyone ultimately has a choice. If I go and take a gun on a rampage in the mall when I'm done here, and say it's because my parents didn't let me stay up late to watch the SNL show the other night... that's not the problem of my mom and dad. That's completely my doing.
Get that much straight.
You have two options in a case like Morello's.
Respect your parents, and become a better individual because of it in the long run.
Or go off on a whining tangent on the internet before you disregard everything you know you should be doing and by your own will turn into some amoral lunatic.
Just don't go blaming the parents that gave you life and an understanding of love to begin with.

Some people have mentioned that you're still a child at 16 and NEED strict rules placed on you. And to an extent, I agree. I agree that you should have some rules in place to keep you out of trouble and to show you how important you are to your parents.

But, at 16, you are probably only a couple years away from leaving home to live on your own. You deserve some freedom, within reason, so that you will know how to act in social situations and so that you are not "shell shocked" so to speak, when you get out on your own.


It is important to build a child's confidence and social skills before they leave home so that they can fit into society and behave in an acceptable manner. If you are given no trust growing up, it will not help you when you leave home. If your parents don't respect you as an individual 100%, it is not likely that you will respect them or their rules. It's unfortunate that your parents don't realize this, and there probably isn't too much you can do, other than try to build their trust in an attempt to lesson their hold.

The longer your parents treat you as a child, the longer you will behave as a child.

my parents are kinda strict but then im only 13, my bedtime and stuff is not strict but mum suggests i should go to bed if i look tired. im not allowed out late and if i go out she makes sure she knows where i am and stuff and if i am late in even by a minute i am grounded for a week. i can have friends round anytime i like but on a school night they can only stay for a little bit but at weekends and holidays they can sleep over and stuff (not boyz tho!) and the same rules for me going to my friends houses

i cant drink but they let me try it and i dont realy wanna drink as i dont like it (guess that makes me sound well sad dont it!)

at 16 you can leave home and do what you like and mum and dad always say that at 16 i can do what i like as long as it is legal and responsible and i am lookin after myself, so sorry to be rude but your parents should lighten up a bit and let you free, thos as its there house you have to respect them too

rules are ok as long as they are fair my dad always says i should wait until im an adult and see the rules i have to live by then with paying tax and at work when they tell me to do sommat by a certin time and stuff!

I had the whole 10:00 curfew on weekdays until I was 18. And my curfew was 11:00 on the weekends until 18, too.

It will get better, but it usually helps if you have someone to go to bat for you. Do you have any older siblings or family members that could try to talk some sense into your parents?

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Wow. How wonderful I feel to find my twin. My parents let me close my door, when I want. and my curfew is worse than yours.

But I sympathize with you completely. How do you deal with it??

Have you done anything behind their backs??