<p>I think my parents give me a pretty good balance of freedom and discipline. I can’t drive yet because I’m lazy and haven’t gotten the hours, so I have to make my mom, who works part-time, drive me to my friends’ houses all the time (for which I thank her sincerely because I know how much of a pain it must be.) In that way, she ultimately has control over where I can go and when, as well as when I have to come home, 'cause she won’t drive too late at night. My parents always have to know exactly where I am, but I’m cool with that; I like texting them. :] And I’m allowed to do basically whatever I ask to do with my friends… mostly 'cause my friends and I don’t anything illegal or whatever, and my parents know that. </p>
<p>The only exception to everything is when I have some chore to do. Going out is always contingent upon “have you cleaned your room yet?” or “have you written those e-mails?”, which is fine but can be annoying when a friend makes last-minute plans and I haven’t done the task yet. My parents looove to nag me. I’ve never gone a day without being reminded to do the same chore about twenty times within an hour. I guess I should do it right away, but usually the nagging is like, “do x within the next five days!” (five minutes later) “do x within the next five days!”, so it’s not always immediate things that I can just knock out right away. Sooo yeah that’s basically my only complaint – the incessant nagging which just motivates me to not do things out of spite. >___<</p>
<p>As for school, my parents are really encouraging. If I were to try my hardest and get a B in a class, they’d be fine with it. As it is, though, if I get a poor grade on an assignment and they know that it’s because I didn’t put any effort into it, they don’t approve. OH and the nagging thing applies hardcore to schoolwork. My mom always knows exactly what homework I have (I guess 'cause I tell her…) and reminds me to do things 1094830590 times as if I’m not already aware of the assignment!</p>