Hi Sam
I'm thinking of running away this Tuesday. I want to go to one of my friends houses because I don't want to ruin my life, I just want some time away from my parents.
The problem is I'm sixteen and I'm sitting my GCSEs. I really want to do well and I'm on track to do well its just I'm slowly losing faith because of my parents.
My parents are both realists, they look at life as though to succeed you need to lock yourself away. They refuse to let me do reasonable things for kids my age and it has slowly gotten worse and worse and now I'm not allowed out at all.
For my birthday in November 2010 and Christmas my parents didn't get me anything because they said they were going to get me a scooter so that they didn't have to drive me around. Now my mum has banned me from taking the test even though I know have my learners permit. The bike I was promised hasn't come yet.
I'm being punished this way because I'm supposedly irresponsible and disorganised. What they forget is that I'm just as responsible and organised as I should be at my age. In fact I'm probably even more responsible and organised than I should be at my age. But I'm not as organised as they are. So know they keep screaming at me and telling me that I'm forcing them to take away my freedom.
The shouting and yelling has been going on ever since I started getting exams really. but now its so bad. It never stops and they keep doing it. I feel like I'm going to fail my GCSEs because they keep telling me I will. They are making me feel worthless. I hate being at home or around them now but I can't be around my friends because my mum has banned me.
These days though my parents hardly speak to each other any more and I think that if we have nothing to talk about then they just start screaming at me and telling me I'm selfish and that I'm always taking advantage of their good nature, just so that they can agree on something.
I'm beginning to hate my life. I'm losing my friends because I don't ever come out with them and so I hate school because I have no friends and then I have to come home to parents that just scream at me all the time for the littlest things.
So I want to run away to my friends house this Tuesday. I don't want them to come after me. I'm leaving them a note explaining why. I will come back but only after my exams. can my parents prosecute me or any one else involved? Please help me...
L