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I have very strict parents. I am a 16 year old guy and I am not allowed to date, have any social media, a smartphone, iPod touch, or have any video games. They normally don't let me hang out with any of my friends. If I get a grade below an A- I get grounded. I don't really have a curfew because I can't go out much. I have to go to bed before 11 every night, even in the middle of summer. If I question almost anything that they do, I get yelled at and then grounded. Also, it's not like I'm a bad kid. I'm in the top ten of my class, have straight A's, and I'm in year round sports (Which I normally bike to, they won't even drive me). Lastly, I am holding a job in which I work many hours a week and my parents are pushing me to get another job. All, and I mean absolutely all, of the money I earn goes into my college fund.

It is mainly my dad who is the strict one. He won't let me were shorts, even with leggings or tights, and he doesn't even like me wearing leggings or skinny jeans. He doesn't let me wear skirts above the knee even with tights or leggings and he doesn't let me wear any skirts without tights. He doesn't even like my school shoes because they have a tiny bit of a sole and even my mum bought those for me. I'm not allowed to wear make-up and my mum says I am not allowed to wear nail varnish until I'm eighteen and she sells make-up! My dad shouts at me and slaps me a lot especially when I get an A in Maths instead of an A*. It is really unfair but I am hoping to go to boarding school in 2016. They don't let me have any social network except youtube and pinterest but they won't let me upload any videos of myself. I am also not allowed to wea cropped tops or have a boyfriend but I secretly have snapchat and instgram as well.

I can't do anything anymore. My parents are scared of getting Corona virus so i'm at home, grounded. I cant go on any electronics and i cant see friends (My parents told them that we arent friends anymore). They support me on becoming a mechanic, but I CANT because they dont want me to injure myself. My allowance is $2 a month. And candy doesn't even last an hour! If they died i would just laugh at the funeral. Im gonna move out

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I'm 15, going on 16, and I can't tell if my parents are strict or not. They felt like some of the worst people in the world when I was younger, and as I got older they just sort of mellowed out I guess? Not completely, of course, seeing as their excuse for why I couldn't go visit a friend I've had for years for one last time before he moved away was, "You had too much activity the day before, now is a day for you to stay home and prep for school the next week." Even though no one had anything planned and I just stayed home and played games the whole day and neither of them said anything. Rules and restrictions used to be way worse in elementary school, nothing below an A, or a 4 in my case since that was the grading system there and any sort of subject I seemed to have trouble in they drilled it into my head until I understood it to their satisfaction. Those spelling test study sessions brought me to tears man... Anyway, at least now I know how to spell "balloon" properly so that's a plus. Thinking back, having a phone (although I don't have that or my laptop at the moment because I'm grounded haha), being able to call my friends, and being able to leave the house and be DROPPED OFF somewhere! Yes, not with my mom hiding behind the plant in the corner, but dropped off. All those seem like things I never would've been able to imagine myself being able to do when I was around 10-13. Of course, I'm still not allowed to have social media, required to do a sport to "give me something to do" because having free time isn't a good thing for me, still have to ask to call friends and I can't be on the phone past 8:00 pm, although it used to be 10:00 pm but I'm grounded now so it's whatever I guess. I'm allowed (sometimes) to wear shorts, skirts, and crop tops when I go out. But whenever I wear them I get comments from them like "who are you dressing up for", "why are you going out looking like that" and "you're keeping all that on right?" as if I'm wearing those types of thin

I am 14 years old and I have strict parents. They yell at me for everything. Grade below and A, forgetting my chores (which I have a good amount of), and talking to my friends past 9 pm (my bedtime is at 10) are just some of the things my parents yell at me about. I am allowed to have NO social media, if they find out about any social media i do have they strictly monitor it or they tell me to delete it all together. They go through my phone almost every night, which I have to give to them before I go to bed. They are ALWAYS tired and cranky. I am allowed to go nowhere with my friends unless my mother is there supervising. My mother has to know all of my friends and their parents, however there is no way for her to know if she knows them all. I hate their guts. I more than once have brought up the idea of boarding school but my parents shoot it down immediately, and get angry. I actually could do with some advice. I am constantly breaking their rules because I need to to be able to breathe. Then she goes around advertising how perfect of a family we are. I am so sick of it. Family is so suffocating.

My parents are really strict. I am 13, and I can't even cross the street, go on google or youtube, and when I try to talk to them about being overprotective, they say that thay are not and end the conversation. I cannot even slam a door, ignore my mom, or yell at her when I am angry at he without getting grounded. My dad, however, is pretty normal. And no, my parents are not divorced.

Compared to some of these, my parents seem okay, but here's my story. I'm a 13 year old girl who moves around a lot. I am not allowed to wear leggings outside the house (I wear them out anyways), I'm not allowed to have even a crush (I can't control that really, especially at this age during puberty), I have to get all A's and B's or literally everything gets taken away. My phone, Kindle, Xbox, tv, and books are taken away. If I do anything that my mom doesn't approve of (which is a lot of stuff) I get called downstairs and she yells at the top of her lungs at me about how I need to start doing better and act more like my sister. My sister is 5 years older than me and at college right now. She graduated high school as valedictorian with all A's, mostly A+'s. It's really annoying. I'm only allowed to have YouTube, but not a channel. Although, I secretly have Pinterest. Please tell me if this is strict, sucky, or just parenting.

I'm a 15-year-old girl from the UK, yeah it's not just the Americans with strict-as-hell parents.

My parents decided to homeschool me after Corona as they were scared of me being "influenced" by other girls in schools in this generation. Currently, I'm still homeschooled, but now I study at academies and by myself, they don't help at all. For me, both of my parents are strict and way too possessive of me. They've ruined a lot of my friendships as they thought those girls were messed up or would influence me into doing bad things, but they based their assumptions on looks alone without actually meeting the girls. After seeing how secluded and introverted I was becoming, they've allowed me to have a few friends at least. However, I'm not even allowed to meet up or go out with them, and only once I have which was last week in when my mother HAD to come as well. My mother always gets angry at me and shouts at me when I've been on a call for more than 20 minutes, and even if I've been on ANY electronic device, like TV or PS5 etc. for more than 1 hour. PS: she's even angry at the fact that my dad bought those for me and my brothers, and constantly wants to sell them.

My parents don't allow me to have any social media except WhatsApp, youtube and if you count Gmail, but I do have Instagram and Discord which are unknown to them or most of my friends, but I don't like using Instagram because all I see on there are people my age living the life I can only wish to live. Even though I'm homeschooled, I still have to give IGCSE exams so I have to study ALOT. Even though I study so much, my mother hardly sees that and always complains that I'm never studying and can never give the exam like this, and if I get anything less than an A*, she'd make me do the exam again.

I have to go to bed by 11:30 pm because I have classes until 11:20, and regardless of how late I sleep, she wakes me up at 8 am. I'm never allowed to go ANYWHERE alone except for my academy, which they're even scepti

I got very strict parents. I am a 12 year old girl and i wanted to take this test to see if my parents are actually strict. Studies shows that if you have strict parents, you can have sleep deprivation, eating disorders, anxiety, low self-esteem and poor academic performance. Lately, I sleep late and i always take naps so my mom gets really mad and shouts at me. Sometimes, i think about either killing myself or running away. If i run away, i think about how to survive, where to go, etc. My parents wont let me go to sleepovers just because they could probably be "dangerous". They expect me to have A's. My mom is the most strictest and we usually fight about why i dont talk to people my age, why i always take naps during the day, how chores needs to be done, and she wont let me dye my hair or pierce my ears. If i want something, they would always say, "Is it because your friends have them too?" and i would get really mad because thats not the reason. The reason is because i want it. And sometimes, they would be like, "Oh look see? Theyre more behave and they respect their parents" and when i say to stop comparing me to other kids, they would say that they are not.

I need help with my parents p, they treat me like I am special needs or a 7 year old child! I'm only 13 but I don't do one single girls my age do, and that is very annoying! I am a good girl, except that when I was little until I was 10 I used to do thing sneakily because they didn't let me do it and I lied a lot because they scared, and I was always about to pea!! I promise it's true! Now they don't let me do the thing girls my age do because they can't trust me! Like having a phone! But I don't get why I can't wear actually shorts not the ones to my knees and wax my unibrow and my mustache! I really don't get it! People at school make fun of my mustache and unibrow a lot! And they called me terrorists because I was from Iran! It's not my fault that I was born there! Is it?

Anyways, my life is terrible! And whenever I ask then to do something, like waxing my unibrow, they say that I can't and that God wants us to be different from the world, because my dad is a pastor and my mom is a pastor's wife!! I really don't get it. Help! I asked God, but I think he hates me because I am a very bad person! Sorry, that I was born but it wasn't my fault! It was a accident! That is exactly why I'm adopted! I think being adopted means to have a better life, but in my case it's horrific! I want to be like others! I feel like

I am 17 years old girl , I am not allowed to date or have social media or phone number or smart phone or talking with opposite gender or go to friends house or listening to music or lock my door or having bad grades or draw or write my dairy(which Idk why) or wearing short clothes or leaving house alone even to supermarket or having close friends or watching movies or talking too much or loud , they even get very angry when I cry in my room , when ever I want to have a conversation about it they get very mad , if I argue about my mom will hit me, its not like I hate my parents actually I love them more than anything but I hoped they were a little nicer.

Im 12 and I got one F in ELA and im now grounded I got yelled at I cant have any devices but my school laptop I have to bring it in to there room when im done with school and if I get anything under an A im scolded and grounded I do karate and if your bad or your parents say you did bad or ect. You get the bad girl/boy belt replacing your current rank belt get yelled at and have to do exercices for the whole 1hour of class while everyone else does karate thats what there gonna do today god they get me angry and i dont feel safe to share anything to them or they laugh at me

Hi, I'm 13 / girl . I love both of my parents don't get me wrong but, my mom is too strict. I can't use my phone whenever I want. I have to put it in her room at 9:30 pm on weekdays and 12:30 am on weekends. My dad lets me use my phone whenever and wherever, but since my parents aren't together, i'm with my mom more often. my mom doesn't let me take it to school which is fcking STUPID. if i ever need to call or text her from school, i can't. i have to use my friends phone . its even gotten to the point where i have my parents' numbers saved in my best friend's phone. and if i do ever use my phone on the weekdays or weekends, i can't use it until after dinner which is stupid! my friends never know when i have my phone and i don't have my phone. i can't ever be put in group chats and group facetime with my friends. i can't have instagram, snapchat, or any other social media. she tries to limit the amount of time i use my phone. she always says "when i was younger, we didn't have our faces stuck in a screen." YOU KNOW WHY, YOU DIDN'T HAVE ONE. maybe if you were my age in this generation, you would. and when she takes it, she says "find something to do." theres deadass nothing for me to do because i'm an only child and there's snow everywhere. i would go live w/ my dad but i'm to nervous to ask.

My parents aren't too bad. I'm an almost 15-year-old girl. I'm allowed almost all social media, I have my own phone, and I'm allowed to go out. They go through my phone sometimes, but only when I'm acting weird. They don't really care who I'm friends with as long as they arent changing the way I act. I do have to go to bed before midnight, and I can't have my phone in my room at night. I'm allowed to wear makeup, even though I don't. They don't really care what I wear as long as my private parts arent out lol. I'm sort of a tomboy so I wear big tees and jeans most of the time anyways. I'm allowed having people over, and I'm allowed seeing other people when I want, as long as we don't have something else planned with the family. I read some of the other comments and I was like "wow i thought my parents were bad," Anyways, hope you guys are staying safe : )