And do they give you a response?

No they pretty much just say, " don't argue with me or you can't play your xbox or computer." Which brings up another thing.
They take my (yes it's mine, I bought it aftter saving up for a year) xbox away/computer, which is kind of... lame...
But if I ask them about the summer school thing they say "it's so you can get organized and be prepared for next year."
But already I am "organized and prepared for next year."

I was kidding about the job part. The point was there's not much you can do about it until you are on your own. Unless they get tired of you begging & pleading, maybe they'll change things up.

You paid for it,but it's their house,their internet,their electricity..they have every right to,as your parents,take away any thing they want regardless of who paid for it.

Yes it can be unfair if they take it away,and I'll admit it does seem strange they're imposing all these rules without giving a reason-but you should just accept that they're your parents and they're likely doing it for a reason they think is good.

I'd say sit down and ask nicely,no "THIS ISN'T FAIR!!@!@!" stuff,just nicely ask why they suddenly decided on all of this,don't argue or complain but just ask.

Wait a week or so though,just go with the routine and settle in a little before you start asking questions.

When a kid is old enough to be respectful enough to be quiet while others are sleeping and responsible enough to use an alarm and be where they should be always on time and to earn their own spending money in some way....I'll not give them a bedtime. Until that time they will be going to bed in my house at precisely 9:30 pm which is about one hour before my own bedtime. That's just the way it is.

This

Except I never did stay up all night and I didn't wake everyone up, because my dad would usually be playing CoD in the same room with me.

I'm 19 and my parents are still trying to enforce a bedtime In other words, get used to it. Getting rules you don't understand and don't agree with pushed on you is part of being a kid.

I hate when they pull that crap. Worst parenting ever. So bad they can't explain it and expect you to go along with them.


I was like that when I was 12 but I still had a bedtime until sometime during high school. And during high school I had days where I got 2-3 hours of sleep and was fine. Still paid attention in class. Shame a bedtime was forced on my for so long when I didn't need it at all.

As of now I've gone to bed at 3 PM after staying up all night and my mom doesn't care.

I get the very disticnt feeling that we are not getting the whole story.

I have to agree.

EDIT:At Ratwar under me,a letter is a great idea..you should try that OP,a nicely written letter about your concerns and why you believe the rules are unfair if written in a respectful way can't really be argued,if you're serious you should try it.

Have you tried writing them a letter about it? Writing it down is a good way to express your concerns without allowing them to interrupt you. Of course, do it respectfully.



Crazy talk... If we're applying the 'always on time' thing, I know many advlts that would still have a bedtime of 9:30.

Doesn't sound all that bad to by honest, that was when my parents made me go to bed. I miss my old-time discipline.

My mom is one of those people that thinks video games are evil and once she said "it's like a demon that takes over my kids"
i for sure know that's part of it.

Haven't thought of a letter, but I did write an essay (because i freaked out when they told me I had to go every day) of why I don't like the idea of summer school.

Like I said in my previous post, you may be cramping their style...
I think this is a ploy for them to get your ass to bed so they can have some time to themselves.

I dunno, for a 13 year old, these forums are pretty interesting :rolleyes:

Are you good at impressions ? If so ......http://i50.tinypic.com/fycowp.jpg
If all else fails well .....you will have to sort it out.

Easy, don't fight it. Play with their rules then when they trust you just stay up however long you want. Do they check on you? I'm 16 and my parents put me in bed at 10 on school days but I can stay up however long I want during the summer.

When I was 13, all I did was use the Internet for Gamefaqs, fanfiction.net, checking for new titles, and checking various Zelda fan sites (I was obsessed in the same way that Peace Bullet loves Lucario.). The concept of an Internet forum was completely foreign to me at the time, though I did check the Gamefaqs message boards.

I'm 16 and I go to bed at 9:30 on my own. I'm not forced to, I just have a schedule. I do track and cross country so I'm always tired and need to go to bed early. But your parents are only trying to help you gain responsibility. I must say that I don't agree with them sending you to Summer School if you have straight A's.

My grades have been pretty mediocre, and at times terrible all my life, I've never heard mention of summer school. I was told that I had to focus and work to do better at school for my own sake, and honestly I lucked out. I've cruised through middle and high school on pure luck, I got into the high school course I wanted (Media and Communications) and even though the school was about an hours train ride away, I really liked it there, I actually had fun at school pretty much every day. And I'm not a school person. I got my work done and then I was free to do whatever I wanted, play games, go to the mall nearby or just hang around the school with friends. As long as what I needed to do got done then I had a lot of freedom at that school. Learning was my own responsibility. and actually ended up getting into a study I think seems interesting, game design. I don't know if it'll end up being usefull to me in the future, but I'll see what happens and deal when it then.

That's why I believe in teaching kids to be responsible for their own lives, for better or worse. Of course that doesn't mean I'd distance myself completely from my kids life if I ever have them, but the best way to learn is from making mistakes, not by restricting your children and sheltering them for as long as possible.

I went to Summer school once, I thought I'd hate it, but it turned out to be really fun. Maybe you should give it a try?

Mind you, it was a summer school for the "gifted and talented". Remedial school might be a bit worse...

Looking at the grammar in the thread title, maybe you need summer school.


But seriously, isn't summer school just an empty threat parents make? No one goes to those things.

Don't feel bad, it could be worse. They might not have cared at all about you. But they do, and that's good.

Hell I'm 19 and I got to bed at 10:30. I do have to get up at 5:30 in the morning for work though, might have something to do with it.

When I didn't have anything to get up for I did stay up 'til like 3 though. It's not healthy.