Chances of renewal

[TarpleyG]

They give a huge rant about how the FBI profiles for people like this and that since I am a minor they would be held accountable

If that were the case I'd be under Levenworth about now along with the rest of the more active members here. I usually just get a canned letter back.

Your Dad is with CPS??? That's his problem right there. Conservative people aren't allowed to work for CPS.

E-mail the letters to me. I'll go and mail them for you.

GT

 

[Politically Incorrect]

They're the ones that are afraid for you and they define that fear as a lack of trust in others. Parents should be protective but not to the point that their children are never allowed to experience real life.

I'm sure your parent's intentions are good.Unfortunately you're the one that must suffer for those good intentions.

Good observation Werewolf.

This reminds me of our legislature trying to protect us from ourselves.

 

[Kharn]

"Borrow" an entire book of stamps you need from your parents' stash (a missing book will look like they just lost it vs taking stamps individually), then drop the letters off at your school's office in the 'Outgoing Mail' box.

Or, got any like-minded friends? Pay'em $1 for every two letters they stamp and mail for you (so they make ~25% profit).

Kharn

 

[Trebor]

You have bigger problems than not being able to mail a letter about the AW ban. My advice? Get a part time job after school, start saving your cash and, as soon as you can, buy a car and move out. Of course, if you are planning on going to college on your parent's dime, that may change your plans. Take it for what it's worth.

 

[Highland Ranger]

Gee, parents concerned about a 17 year old . . . . .what a CRIME!

:banghead:

If we had more parents like yours, we wouldn't have all the social problems we have today.

But you're getting some real good advice here: drop out of school (part time job won't be enough $$), get a job, don't go to college and move out.

Even better, why work, you have access to guns, just go rob banks!

That's a good idea!

NOT.

Some people have real issues with their parents and need to seek help and rightly so if they weren't lucky enough to be born into a family like you have been.

My advice is, when listening to advice, consider how being born into less fortunate circumstances would color the advice someone might give to a 17 year old.

And the rest of us will have to forgive them for being IRRESPONSIBLE.

 

[Werewolf]

Highland Ranger says:

Gee, parents concerned about a 17 year old . . . . .what a CRIME!

The issue is not that N3rDay's parents are concerned but that they are so concerned that they have essentially caged him up - at least that's the impression I get from his description of the situation.

It is true that boundaries must be set and if the teenage years of my own 3 grown daughters (and my own teenage years) are any indication any boundaries are too constricting if you ask a teenager.

I'm of the opinion that N3's parents go a little overboard on the restrictions. In my 52 years I've watched repeatedly overprotected kids go into the world and all that accomplishes is that once the kid gets out on their own they have no experience setting their own boundaries and tend to go wild. Not a good thing. My wife was way over protective and I leaned to the opposite extreme. Compromise pretty much gave just about the right amount of freedom for our daughters - many of their friends weren't so lucky.

If N3 is comfortable with the boundaries as established then fine if not he needs to talk about them with his parents. If the parents won't loosen up - and it doesn't sound like they will - then N3's just gonna have to grin and bear it or haul ??? when he get's out of school. I hope he's wise enough not to go wild when he does finally get his freedom.