Privileges
- I can stay outside till 10 on weekdays.
- I can stay up as late as I want to on weekends
- I can go over to friend's houses and they can come over to mine
- I have an xbox and ps2
- I can go to R-rated movies depending on what they are
- She doesn't mind me rolling a house as long as I don't get caught cause she won't bail me out
Responsibilities
- I have to obey and respect her
- Do my chores when I'm told to
- Don't do drugs or alcohol
- Keep my grades up
- Try to do the right thing

My mom isn't overprotective so this really helps out in my house. I know a lot that goes on in my family. Between my sister and my mom, I am the "middle man." I know what goes on around here that they don't know themselves. My sister tells me things that she did that my mom wouldn't approve of but at the same time i might "leak" some info to my mom if my sister tries to do something to me. It's good to never give away all of the info that you have found out because you can always use it for later. I like my position in my house and I don't mind the rules I have to live by.

Priviliges-
Respect
Occasional hanging out with my friends
Responsibilities
Be respectful
Get good grades
Do the Laundry

I live with my grandparents, and you know how they can be. To them, I am still there little baby who should be nurtured and cared for. AKA "Your not going anywhere Missy!"

Since there old, they don't understand my style. I don't go out in revealing clothes, but I do where long sleeved shirts, sometimes ripped pants, and sometimes a little chain for a bracelet.

I have to deal with ridicule from them all the time, and sometimes it can get tiring.

Privileges
Anything I want,
Responsibilities
Since I don't live with my parents I have to take care of everything on my own. That means house expenses, college, car insurance etc...
So in other words either bite the bullet and deal with it or move out, which I did.
This doesn't mean parents shouldn't be reasonable and realize part of growing up means making mistakes. Also parents need to realize that feeding and sheltering their children is not a privilege that is given to kids but rather is a responsibility on the parents part.

I have no privileges. They all are my inalienable rights, and thus I shall utilize them.

Privileges
-Curfue at 11 unless i call and tell him where i am and when i'll be home, then no curfue
-I have an ipod
-Getting a cell phone
-Pays for me to go to the movies and shopping
-Dosen't care about music or clothes
-No bedtime but 11ish on school nights
-Sleep over anyones house (weekends/summer)
-Hang out with girlfriends as late as i want
-Sex if i use a condom and her dad isnt going to murder me (heh my gfs dad would but he won't find out)
-dosen't care what i watch (including x-rated films)
-Computer and an air conditioner in my room
-I can drink every once and a while as long as im not ****faced and can't control myself (last time i did that i got 2 months of punishment to my room with no computer, tv, friends, phone.. that sucked ***)
-Stay after school if i call
-I can cuss if i want just not about him
-Get 5 or 10 bucks for doing chores depending on wat chore
Responsibilities
-No drugs and if i get arrested for drugs he will drop me like a rock and make me live with my mom
-Don't get arrested or i get sent away
-No lieing
-Don't give him an attitude
-Don't hang out with kids that smoke pot or do drugs
-Don't use weapons against anyone unless i get jumped (thats ight ill **** em up wit ma fists)
-Don't get kicked out of school or get iss
-Do chores
-Don't cut school (i did it ALOT last year lol
-No vandalism

morbidsmileme
I have tried, but that only leads to fighting. When we fight my mom cries, and gives me the whole "I only do it b/c I care speech". And then she brings my family's religion into telling me I need to be constantly thinking "WWJD", and making sure that God would be happy w/ my choices....

I agree, "The Look" is 10X worse than yelling....my mom can me feel/look guilty when I can honsetly say i haven't done anything...which is rare b/c I have spent awhile hiding my doings from her, but the look makes all my bad things run thro my head and make me feel twice as guilty.....I get scared when I get "The Look"

The really insanely weird thing is that my mom is letting me go to the RNC to protest. First she said no way, then I asked her if there was any way that I could go, and she said for a day, and now I get to go for two days. It's really weird, but I glad she got over the over-protectiveness thing so fast.

Just learn to ignore the guilt, I have. I finally got to the point where I quit caring what my parents said because they said so many stupid things that made no sense and I usually felt I was right in whatever I did anyways. So guilt isn't really a thing with me.

there are sometimes when our parents instead of screaming give u that look and im beginning to reliase that id rather get screamed at then get that look..its bad...that guilt totally gets to you cause u cant even justify your fault in the first place....

Privileges
-No curfue
-My parents dont care where I skateboard with the understanding that I pay for my own tickets.
-They let me have my own style such as my ears are stretched and I have dreadlocks
-They dont believe in grounding but as confetti said my dads lectures are soo bad
Responsibilites
-I have to be at work
-Get good grades
- Take my first degree test for taekwondo
-Do "the right" thing

MalibuBarbie6088
Isnt that kind of overdoing it...My parents are protective and all, but your mom is OVERPROTECTIVE!!! You should like talk to your mom about easying up the rules a bit...

Heck, I'm 13 so hopefully my parents easen up on the rules soon...but I'm not complaining...

Privileges-
1)No set bedtime... but curfew is 9PM on weekends and I'm not allowed to be out on school nights
2)NOthing blocked on TV
3)She believes that I dont skateboard in places that I could get in trouble for doing and doesnt check up on me or anything(even though I have skateboarded in "No skateboarding" areas a few times before, its all about not getting caught. )
4)I'm allowed to go to R rated movies if s/o else takes me and see them if they come on TV...and they dont care about my music choices as long as I dont blare anything w/ explicit lyrics loud enough that it could be heard from outside my room for fear that my lil brother will pick up cuss words
5)When I practice guitar,I am not to be bothered and if I am...

Responsibilities/rules
1)All A's with a RARE B
2)chores done when asked, including lawn moved
3)No sex,alcohol,or drugs
4)If my mom suspects that I'm hanging out w/ someone who might be "a bad influence" on me or that I'm going to parties where there might be drugs and such(which I have...hehehe),then she has the right to follow me around(trust me, that can get VERY annoying, thank god that she doesnt find out)
5)No boyfriends
6)No talking cuss infront of my parents or my little brother
7)No riding in cars w/ anyone under 25

If cellsphones and such count as a privildge...
-I have a laptop, a TV, a stereo (i love it with all my heart), a DVD (but i want to sell it because i rarely use it), a cellphone, and if i want an ipod ill get it (i dont have one because i really dont like them that much)
-i have no rules when watching TV. they block nothing

Privelages:
-No bedtime. On school nights around midnight or so they start "suggesting" I go to bed
-My own tv, vcr, dvd, cd player, phone, and computer
-I can do whatever I want to my bedroom, within reason, as long as its clean enough to walk through
-I can do almost anything I want as long as I tell my parents where I'm going and when I'll be back or call if I'm going to be late
-They trust me enough not to give me the whole sex and drugs lecture.
-No cell phone until I'm 16(dad's rule, mom actually wants me to have one so I don't always take hers)
-I get a car plus $20 a month for gas when i get my liscense
-Parents pay for things like clothes and school supplies
-I can go to R rated movies as long as someone else takes me(I'm not old enough to get in by myself)

Rules:
-No drugs or drinking
-Get good grades and go to college
-Don't do anything "bad"
-Help around the house when needed
-Get homework done before school(sometimes I have to lie and say I have it done to my mom because she gets so stressed about it)

That's pretty much it. My parents are not strict at all as long as I don't mess up majorly. I can talk to them and joke around and do basically whatever i want.

I like this idea.

Priveleges
-I have a cell phone.
-The computer is in my room.
-I pretty much get to go where I want as long as I ask first.
-I am allowed to do extra-curricular activities in school

Responsibilities
-Be in bed at 10 weeknights and 12 weekends.
-Attend school
-Clean the kitchen when I get home
-Take out the garbage twice a week
-Mow the lawn when necessary
-Make sure my bathroom and bedroom are clean (especially if I am going off for a weekend)
-Make good grades
-And go to college to get at least my bachelors degree if not more

And while I do agree with the fact that many teens today whine about their parents because of stupid things some teens have legitimate complaints. I have not depended on my parents for anything other than shelter for the past two years. I am happy with our relationship. And I am not a teeny-bopper.

Privleges:
-Exotic trips to England and the Dominican Republic
-Own cell phone, tv/dvd player and computer
-No set bed time, just not too late
-No curfew (its not like im out anywhere past 11 pm anyway...)
-Play sports like hockey and go to tournaments on a monthly basis
-I've never been grounded. (my dad is very scary)
My responsibilities are to basicly get decent grades, keep fit for hockey and pick up after myself and my pets.

I don't really have a set a of rules to follow in my house, but my sis and I are just expected to know exaclty what is expected of us.

from my mother's point of view:
-no real curfew
living in the country I never go anywhere to need a curfew.
If I do happen to be out w/ a friend tell mom what time I expect to be back and if we are going to be late I should call.
-No staying after school unless involved in a sport or have specific permission for that day
-Tell me whenever you call someone on the phone
kind of a rule I came up w/on my own b/c if she's "curious" to see who I am talking to she stands outside the door listening until she figures out who I'm talking to.
-No drugs, sex, or drinking: if you are you will be homeschooled and never be left alone. When no one else is home you will go stay w/ your gramma.
-No having fun: I will not let you go to parties or friends houses. I know exaclty what "fun" leads to.
that's not a real rule either, but that's a summary of what she tells me when I ask to go to parties or to somebody's house.
-If I don't like one of your friends then you can never see them out of school.
not real once again but she says that more or less. I have plenty of examples if you don't believe me.
-No riding in cars with friends/teenagers unless given permission.(doesn't matter she wouldn't give permission anyways)
-No watching music videos....they are bad!
She put a lock on all the music video stations on the TV so I can't watch them...but, I know the password and I unlocked them, I watch FUSE all the time when she's not home....ssssshhhh!!!
-No wandering more than 20 feet away from me when we are at the mall or anywhere else. someone is out to get you and you will be kidnapped...you are not smart enough to scream when someone attacks you.
-don't do anything else that is bad.

responsibilites:
-do what mom tells me w/o questioning, whining, or complaining.
-homework will be done. If grades slip, suspicions will arise and priviliges will be taken away
<<not that I have a lot of privileges to speak of>>
-do not talk back
<<will start a fight>>
-Never, and she means never, borrow a DVD w/o asking. If i do borrow a DVD WITH PERMISSION it must be returned ASAP.
<<that's a step dad thing, tho, not a mom, she only says it b/c he gets pissed>>

At my dad's house I can do almost anything i want...it's great, go anywhere and he'll take me anytime.....i should go live w/ my dad

These are basically my house rules.

1. no sex
2. no drugs (including tobacco and alcohol)
3. don't go into the ghetto
4. don't get arrested
5. curfew is 10 PM

Privilegdes:
-I have no curfew, nor bedtime, I go to bed at 5 am and they dont care
-They dont mind my look at all
-They never gound me
-They dont want to know everything about my life
-They let me live without them for a year in a foreign country..... in fact, i think my dad is looking foward to it
-Very easy to talk to
-they dont care about how many figths i get into

Responsabilities':
-straight A grades
-go to college
-save money to leave the house when im 18
-my father sends his attack dogs to attack if someone triess to hurt me
-my brother is like my gaurdian