Basic Family Tips: If you are a Teenager with a control-freak mother or father (or even both!) then you have to show them what they want to see. You will always be their baby, even when you're an old man or woman, with more wrinkles than water droplets in the sea. If they don't want you to go out, you have to reason with them. Don't winge and whine like a two year old child, otherwise they will think that you must act your age, and learn to respect them more before they let you go out. Sit down with them, and let them know how you feel. Tell them if all your friends are allowed out, and you're missing out on the fun. If talking to them hasn't worked, show them that you are a responsible, well behaved person. Do something for them that makes them pleased. Like, turn down the offer to go out with your friends, and revise instead. Do things sensibly, and talk maturley ( by that I don't mean with a deep voice).
If you are an adult, with a rebellious child, dont shout at them all the time. Let them know that you are trying to understand them, by asking them if they are feeling allright, and if anything is bothering them, before you try and deal with the problems they have been causing. Tell them that you are worried about them, and about the reasons why they might be turnng to rebellion. Maybe if they see how hurt you are, they will begin to realise that you are not angry with them, but extremely upset and confused by it all.
I hope this first bit of text has helped, if you need anything else, please say, and I will try and help. I will update the site further in time.
