I'm sick of hearing teeny boppers complain about their parents : "Mom and Dad won't let me __________. It's so not fair! I hate them!" or "I'm not allowed to __________ until I'm 16!"

So, in the spirit of optimism, list your privileges and the things you do for your parents in return (your responsibilities/obligations). I think it's a good way to realize how much you're trusted. Teens often take what they have for granted and don't appreciate it enough.

Mine...
Privileges
- No set bedtime ; sleep is irrelevant as long as I'm punctual for any obligations the next morning.
- No curfew on weekends.
- I don't need to ask permission before going anywhere (if they want to know what I'm up to, mum just gives me a ring and asks)
- I have my own checking account, credit card, computer, and cell phone
- My parents don't believe in grounding or punishing (but trust me, my father's lectures are dreadful).
- They don't care about my "look" (clothing wise) as long as it's not too revealing (for example, midriff tops are only acceptable at the beach).
Responsibilities
- Get good grades.
- Treat people respectfully to avoid pointless conflicts.
- Don't do anything to embarrass the family (get pregnant, drunk, fight, dance naked on top of a table, etc...)

Privileges:
-No curfew or bedtime.
-Cable TV in my room.
-Tuition, car, food, cell phone and insurance mostly paid for by my parents.
-My wireless router so tha I can always access the internet from my laptop (half paid for by my paarents) even if someone is on our regular computer.
-A mom who pays for most of my purchases when we go shopping together.
-Anything I put on our grocery list gets purchased for me (and I am entitled to a small space in the fridge and a box in the pantry to keep half of certain types of junk food, in order to keep my sister from being a pig and eating it all).

Responsibilities:
-Maintain at least a 3.0 GPA to preserve my $15,000 per year scholarship. (Above and beyond that it is my own personal expectations...)
-Keep my room relatively neat (although during stressful periods at school, my parents cut me major slack...)
-Clean the 3 bathrooms and vacuum the house each week (takes about an hour)
-Pay for my own gasoline
-Be courteous (in other words, if I'm going to the store, I always ask if anyone else needs me to pick up anything, or if I'm grabbing something from the kitchen I ask if anyone else wants anything while I'm up...)
-Call if my plans change or if I'm going to be home late
-Contribute $100 each month to help pay for all of my expenses
-Clean up after myself

I've got life pretty good...

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- Don't do anything to embarrass the family (get pregnant, drunk, fight, dance naked on top of a table, etc...)

Me too! Wow!

I think I've done this before, but I'll do it again just for posterity.

Privileges
- Nearly anything within the realm of legality
Responsibilities
- Be home by my curfew
- Keep my room reasonably clean

I'm not overly spoiled, but neither am I being smothered by rules. Having a few guidelines keeps things reasonable. Anything else I impose on myself, for instance: no smoking (I'm too young to die), no drinking (I hate the taste of alcohol), no drugs (I get my highs the natural way), and no unprotected sex (I don't want kids right now). Those aren't really responsibilities, though. Meh.

Privileges
smoke weed
no bed time
go out on weekends if school dont call

Responsibilities
Clean room
Do dishes Help around house pass w/ a 70 or above
Dont get in fights
Dont curse alot

Hey sunsprite my aunt and uncle made me do the same exact thing all off it accept go out w/ freinds never was aloud to do thhat

Privileges
-$10 a week
-My parents will pay for something if I really need it (not just want it, need it).
-I don't really have a bedtime
-Small TV in my room
-I can go out with friends if I arrange it and call/tell my parents about it.

Responsibilities
-Do laundry. And then sort and put away clothes.
-Babysit little sisters whenever needed.
-Do random favors for my parents.
-Practice violin.
-Get good grades. (My parents consider a B+ a bad grade, and an A- is just "OK". Bleh..)

Privileges
-My own cell phone that my parents pay for
-My own laptop with DSL connection
-Absolutely no bed time
-I can go out with my friends whenever if there's no conflict with the rides.
-I can watch any TV show or movie completely disregarding the rating (as long as my parents/little sisters don't actually watch it with me)
-I get 40 JD's a month (about $50 US) to blow on junk, pluss a bit extra if I want to do major shopping.
-I eat whatever I want, whenever I want and I've been known to abuse that and eat cake for breakfast.

Responsibilities
-Get exeptional grades. Not good grades- amazing grades.
-Don't talk to boys outside of school (I've personally modified that rule to 'no dating or putting yourself in a position where you could (in a one in a million chance) get raped'. I still chat and text with guys often)
-Help my sister with her homework every day without killing her.
-Dress decently
-No drugs, smoking, drinking etc
-Keep my room clean enough to walk through

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Originally posted by iwannabeheard16:
Resposibilites:
Clean entire apt. (36,000 sq ft.& has 10 rooms)

That must suck.

Privileges

Anything I want to do, basically.

Responsibilities

None.

Privileges:
2 adorble dogs!
2 steros (1 old,1 new)
tv

Resposibilites:
Clean entire apt. (36,000 sq ft.& has 10 rooms)
care for dogs ( dont mind, theyre legilyy mine)
school
and lot more.........

Privileges:

-Get lots of books
-Can play my boom-box when I go to sleep provided it's not too loud
-Use the computer somewhat freely
-My Nana pretty much drives me around whereever I want...if she feels up to it
-Get to own wonderful pets
-Uh...............

Responsibilities:

-Watch my little sister
-Set a good example
-Get good grades
-Practice my viola but only between the hours of 3:00-8PM in a closed room and not from 7-7:30
-Help my little sister with her homework
-Watch my dad while my mom's at work
-Help my grandmother with her constant moves (I odn't mind this one so much, she's great)
-Care for the dog
-Care for the catS
-Care for the fish
-Keep the house clean
-Work out and diet (don't ask)
-Must be in bed by the time my parents are
-Must not play music loudly or during homework since the Child Prodegy AKA my sister needs absolute silence
-Must keep phone-line pretty free in case of emergency
-Must stay in house at all times because of random rapists that will surely kidnap me, chop my head off, and leave me hanging in a barn somewhere in Texas, gutted out like a dear (my mother reads the paper after all)


There are more but I'm tired of listing them all. I'm not abused or anything, but my parents kind of expect a lot of me. Still, once in a while my mom will take me shopping and even if we don't get anything, it's still fun.

my privileges are i get 5 dollars every day it doesnt sound like much but it is
i stay out til 1 on weekends
i get to go grocery shopping for myslf
ialso get to have my friends over as late as 3am



my responsibilities are
no drugs
when i stay out late i have to call
i have to watch my brother
and i cant get into any more fights

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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.

GQ, why do you say your parents have said so many things that are stupid? That is such a rude thing to say... I mean, what if you'll be a parent? Wouldn't you just want to give advices or to protect or to make your kids more responsible? parents may be irritating, but they sure help us grow spiritually, emotionally, physically and mentally. they have placed a shelter over us, gave us food and stuff, so if you are saying that all they have said to you are so stupid, then you truly are UNGRATEFUL.

Privileges:
um...er...hmmm...can't think of any off the top of my head except that they let me drive. Won't let me take anyone else in my car though. Still have to pay for gas. They do pay for insurance, however.

Responsibilities:
Clean my room
Stay off the computer if I've been on too long
Take the dog out
Take the trash out (preferably without the dog in it)
Clean the dishes
Keep my car in good working order (gas, oil, etc.)
Clean house
Keep good grades in school
Stay out of trouble
Report to mom and dad for whatever
Too many others to list...

My parents keep both sets of eyes on me for reasons I'd rather not get into. No, not drugs or smoking or sex or whatever...just other things. But most of the time I'm cool with their guidelines. I rarely hang out with friends, and if I do, my friends are respectable enough for my parents to let me hang out with them. They don't monitor what I do on the computer, but they want me to spend a maximum of an hour and a half on it each day. That's not nearly enough, especially since they count email amongst that hour and a half and I get over 150 emails a day (mostly notifications about YN).

Privileges:
No set bedtime.
My parents don't punish me, they lecture me.
Pretty much, whatever I want within reason.
I have an 11:00 curfew for weekends, but if I call extend it as long as possible.
My parents are really flexible and cool. However, they won't let me have the latest technology. I don't have a cellphone or my own computer. We don't have cable TV and we just got the Internet in early December. My parents think that cellphones and cable are wastes of money and unnesseary. I tend to agree most of the time,
I'm allowed to do what I want.
Responsibilites;
Straight As in school with the occasional B+.
No drugs, alcohol, ect.
Respect my parents, teachers, brothers, and peers
Go to a good college.
Keep in shape for X-Country
Help out at home
Keep my room clean

Privileges:
No set bedtime.
My parents don't punish me, they lecture me.
Pretty much, whatever I want within reason.
I have an 11:00 curfew for weekends, but if I call extend it as long as possible.
My parents are really flexible and cool. However, they won't let me have the latest technology. I don't have a cellphone or my own computer. We don't have cable TV and we just got the Internet in early December. My parents think that cellphones and cable are wastes of money and unnesseary. I tend to agree most of the time,
I'm allowed to wa
Responsibilites;
Straight As in school with the occasional B+.
No drugs, alcohol, ect.
Respect my parents, teachers, brothers, and peers
Go to a good college.
Keep in shape for X-Country
Help out at home
Keep my room clean

Privileges-
-No chores
-I get to get my tongue peirced if I get straight A's on my report card...Is that a privilege? It's not like I could ever get straight A's anyways. I guess it's more of a bribe.
-The Camcorder, apple lap top electric and acustic guitar...And amp (Comes to great used when being grounded).

Responsibilities
"All I ask of you is that you get good grades, stay out of drugs, and treat your little sister with respect."

Priveleges
-Um... none really....
Responsiblities
-Obey and respect them
-No attitude
-Clean up after the family
-Don't smoke (I smoke ciggs and have been trying to quit)
-Watch the kids whenever she leaves the house( my stepdad refuses to watch them)
-Do my laundry and chores as soon as I wake up
-Be in the house at 11pm and be in bed at 11pm (we have a city curfew)
-Leave the phone line open ( the only people I am really allowed to call is my friends from youth group)

I pretty much have no say in anything and have not priveleges except for church.

My situation sucks... my mom doesn't keep a roof over our head ( yeah we have a place to live but my stepdad's mom pays our bills because my mom doesn't work and my stepdad only works so he has ciggarette money and he doesn't have to be in our house.We live in a three bedroom town house that we pay $650 in rent because we are good friends with the landlord ( all the other town houses around us have $1000 rent each month). I went through severe depression and tried to kill myself twice and I used to do drugs. I'm clean now but when I was in the horpital my mom was pissed at me because I tried to kill myself all she did was yell at me. My life is like sitting in this house and watching a reality show play out in front of me and I'm not in it. so yeah before people start criticizing and saying that teens shouldn't complain because we have so many priveleges and whatnot... come walk a mile in my shoes and tell me I can't complain ( and by the way I don't complain) I look at it like this I have two more years before I can legally move out ( I'm 16) so I'm toughing it out until then so maybe people should stop criticizing those who complain until you know what goes on in their life.

totally not the spirit of this thread and bias

I would want kerry to win because he is a democrat