Sheesh! RevRuby, if at age 16 or 17 my parents had tried that with me I'd just have moved out. Fortunately they had more sense, I've always been a responsible person cos I was brought up that way, I was allowed to do more or less what I wanted, and it didn't result in prison/pregnancy/drug abuse/running wild.
At what age do you see kids as adult? Here it's pretty much 16 - there are still things you can't do (drive, drink in a pub, vote), but at that age if you don't like what your parents tell you to do you have the option of leaving.
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