<p>Theory: Other people cause each other's problems. Therefore, you are not responsible for things that happen, it is the other person's fault. </p>
<p>Example A: Someone drives into your vehicle. You have problem, caused by someone else.</p>
<p>Example B: The original poster's parents are forcing him or her to have no fun with their friend. Therefore, they will die of boredom this summer. She or he has a problem, caused by someone else.</p>
<p>Example C: Grad-06's parents will not allow him or her to get a job, therefore he or she cannot get a car so that he or she can learn to drive and have a job so that he or she can pay for a car and other item. He or she has a problem, caused by someone else.</p>
<p>Lesson: Never take responsibility for what you do--it is the fault of the other people around you!</p>
<p>I don't think my parents are unreasonable. Maybe, I'm too submissive to answer this question. When you live with two people your whole life, you tend to adjust to their ways, unreasonable or not.</p>
<p>my mom is the one in control. When I was younger I never noticed. When I started getting older and questioning "Why can't I get a ride from __?" for like the longest time I realized she was really unreasonable. I personally think she's a control freak and wants to have control over every acept of my life but that's just me. :) Anyway my dad thinks he's in control but he has no clue about anything. Like I went to DAytona Beach with my friend and her family (yeah, mom actually let me go) and he had no clue.</p>
<p>Even though Birmingham was evacuated, there wern't any bombs found at all. It was a hoax call and the police had to evacuate people.</p>
<p>Can people please try and find the facts out about certain incidents before posting as it leads to even more unessesary worry and fear.</p>
<p>Also the chance of anyone being invloved in an terrorist attack is remote, you face bigger dangers in your everyday life like crossing roads and riding in cars.</p>
<p>This fear of travelling that it seems many of your parents have is exactly what the terrorists want. Look at the example of New York, Madrid and now London with how the people have gotten and are getting back to normal. Millions of people still fly around the world. People in Mardid still use the trains, and the people of London will still use the underground, 3 million people use it everyday.</p>
<p>The only way to truly win over unreasonable parents is to disobey in the name of doing what is "right". As in, if you continually disobey their "unreasonable" commands, and good things result in your actions (INDEPENDENT of the anger from your parents resulting from the disobedience), your parents will eventually see that perhaps they may be holding you back.</p>
<p>At least, that's what happened with me. My mom and dad didn't want me to go anywhere but Oregon State, nor did they want me doing any ECs, traveling alone, etc. But I never listened to those requests and did my own thing, becoming valedictorian of my high school, also accepted to four Ivies. Now my mom sees that I know what I am doing for the most part and seems to be more agreeable to my wishes for indepedent actions.</p>
<p>Your parents just want you to be safe. However, sometimes you have to take risks, but be smart about it and realize the consequences.</p>
<p>my parents wont let me drive to atlanta alone and spend 2 days there before driving home. suprisingly the reason they gave was "we aren't ready for that." not once during the discussion did they challenge my level of responsiblity or ability to handle it.</p>
<p>When I was a sophomore... A sophomore... My parents wouldn't let me cross a certain street which isn't even that high-traffic until 6 at night because they thought I would get run over and die because apparently no one in this country knows how to drive, but they do... They also think I will be shot, raped or kidnapped the second I step outside of the house because people don't automatically shoot criminals to death in this country like they do in the old country... It took me 3 weeks to convince them I wouldn't die walking the whole five blocks, suburban blocks for that matter, to the library to be in a quiet place to do my homework. My parents are psycho...</p>
<p>Oh, my parents are also one of those, "If you do something that doesn't pay, you're not doing it." ANd that includes school activites, like volunteer tutoring... Yeah, I never tell my parents what I do until 1) am doing the activity or whatever, or 2)tell them afterwards...</p>