<p>As a fall-of-senior-year young man or woman, how are you feeling about your relationship with your parents? Inquiring minds want to know :-)</p>
<p>Dizzymom</p>
<p>My parents are perfect. They are laid-back Chinese parents who do not stress me/interfere with any part of my academic career, I can talk to them about almost everything...but TINY things can change: </p>
<p>1) Meet my teachers (they've NEVER EVER been to any of my parent-teacher conferences!!!)
2) At least try to read my essays...(if they really wanted to, they can read and give me some feedback...but Nooooo... "I don't have the vocabulary"- flips to CNN-"Let's watch Aaron Brown)
3) Stop bugging me about my license: I know, it's a long story, but, I am planning to get my driver's license after I get an acceptance from my top 2...my parents thinks I am a failure as a teenager...</p>
<p>My parents are strict religious West Indians who need to watch "Laguna Beach" to see how it's done. They won't let me go anywhere unless it's supervised with an adult. They tell me I should study, study, study 23/6. They act like Asians, I guess the small Asian blood overcomes my mother. We are African and European, so start acting like it!</p>
<p>1) Allow me freedom because I currently have none.
2) Don't freak out when I listen to secular music, watch secular movies, or talk on the phone about secular things.
3) Not to follow me to Canada if I do end up going to McGill University.</p>
<p>My parents are separated so I'm actually glad I have one less pain in the ass to deal with.</p>
<p>Stereotypical asian parents. Except they're not pushing me to apply to any ivys. I think the best they can do is not bother me and just not say what they have to say. I mean i respect them and all but our ideological backgrounds are so different, a consensus is hard to come by.</p>
<p>Oh i forgot the whole point of this... I would have them educated and very informed. Or maybe i would have to start from scratch.</p>
<p>things i'd change about mother dearest...
1) stop being so irrational
2) stress less about banal things
3) have more of a pleasant personality</p>
<p>this is a hard question, because there's more. </p>
<p>Catch-22, your parents sound cool. They're the ones pushing you to get your license? How cool is that.</p>
<p>lol. I know! My parents are like always complaining that they have to drive me everywhere...."Look at your friends, they have cars...what's wrong with you? Oh...right, colleges take too much time!" (what they mean is college apps...but...haha.</p>
<ol>
<li> Better jobs with better salaries</li>
<li> Good credit</li>
<li> Know how to invest money</li>
</ol>
<p>i love my parents the way they are :-D i have no curfew but they care a lot about everything i do. so its like freedom but they care ya no? its hot. makes me happy</p>
<p>not a senior...but...</p>
<p>1) extend curfew a few hours</p>
<p>1) Understand that I'm an angst-y teenager and that my phase will pass within a few years and that I'm really not insane or trying to "kill them" as they like to think
2) Mom <-- Stop feeling sorry for herself and putting all of troubles on me expecting me to fix things for her (I'm the youngest; the siblings left for school)
3) Stop trying so hard to talk to me (hugs as well) -it's so incredibly forced and I only retreat farther from their reaches</p>
<p>1) Have more realistic standards for teenage behavior... When any one piece of clothing is out of place in a drawer in my room they scream like I've murdered someone. Don't they understand that I do more than most teenagers think to do AND I work?!?!
2) Buy me a young adult type car(sporty or not)... now, this might sound unreasonable but I've gone through three cars since I've gotten my license and they were(and are) all very nice luxury SEDANS... it's not a money issue but they think that I shouldn't have a teenage car because that it encourages teenage behavior(see #1)...I guess I should just be thankful that I have a car.
3) Act like they care a little bit more about my college choices... until about two weeks ago they did not ask once about what colleges I was applying to. I visited them alone or with a few friends and there was never any talk of what I was doing. I had applied to three schools by the time they found out all the schools I was applying to. Hey, I guess they're just busy but I would think that a little bit of caring would help.</p>
<p>"1. Better jobs with better salaries
2. Good credit
3. Know how to invest money"</p>
<p>Yeah, I second that.</p>
<ol>
<li>open-minded</li>
<li>listen</li>
<li>understanding</li>
</ol>
<p>Dad:
1) I don't care if your head hurts, just be patient and listen to me
2) going to the doctor won't kill you even if you have just a cold
3) you make a rear-end load of money, let me buy you a new pair of pants.</p>
<p>Mom:
1) I'm EIGHTEEN and I'm going to be gone in less than a year, I am capable of making good decisions.
2) I know how much homework I have and when I should start it
3) Please...please...just let me spend one night away from home. I promise I won't come back with any DWI's</p>
<p>1) Leave me alone to do what I need to do. Stop checking your email in my room while I'm doing homework, and if you absolutely must, please do not read them out loud, because I don't care what your old roommate's son is doing.
2) Reimburse me when I have to buy food for myself
3) Stop getting me prescription drugs whenever I have a cold, because they're expensive, and I don't need them anyway.</p>
<p>Ok, so those were pretty specific.</p>
<p>This is an easy one: Have my mom alive, have my mom alive, and have my mom alive.</p>
<p>My parents are completely insane, especially my mother. She goes insane every weekend and wakes me up by screaming at me to clean the entire house, but god forbid my brothers should ever have to do anything. And she gets angry because I'm never home because I have about a million ECs that take up my time.</p>
<p>They're fine. I'm glad they're not pushing to read my essays. It's something I want to do myself.</p>
<p>my curfew is 12... i hope when i turn 18 that i can be out till 1 and when i grad im at my house for only 2 mths.. hopefully i wont have a curfew jsut so i can get used to having the responsibility to manage my time wisely and come home when i should</p>