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Originally Posted by HimeChan13

So, apparantly I live in the land of the free. I do not understand.

Its called not being a legal adult. Be glad you are in Indiana. You could be in a state where you have those limitations until you are 21.

I can't drive, I can't have a normal relationship with anyone, I can't get a job, I am forced by law to go to school, I need money to do anything, and I need consent from my parents to do everything.

It sounds like you have a problem with relationships in general. First with your parents, and then with what you are looking for in others.

I feel that maybe teens should get to like, take a test when they feel they are able to handle the world by themselves, an emancipation test. At least for teens who aren't eighteen yet.

From what you have said you would probably fail such a test. Without education how would you answer the questions on the test? Without education and transportation you would not be able to get a job that support yourself.

I have cabin fever all the time and it's not from being stuck inside, it's from me being restrained in everything I do.

Quit whining like a 4 year old and find something to occupy your mind and time that your parents will accept and let you out of the house to do. It is YOUR FAULT that you have not found that common ground.

I do not think that parents should be allowed to control their child until their eighteen if they can't even make the right decisions themselves. A lot of the time, it's like the parent doesn't even care if their child is happy, they just want to protect them. But parents, guess what. Sometimes you're doing more damage to your child by restricting them than by letting them do more. Sometimes the child is happier when they have some freedom. Maybe without that freedom, they will be socially awkward or depressed.

You would be far more miserable if your parents agreed to se you free. Its amazing how comforting food, shelter, clothing, computers, and internet access can be when you have no means to acquire them. They are paying the bills, so with legal and moral limits, they set the rules. That's how the real world works.

I know that I could become very depressed without this one person keeping me afloat. And even now, this one person is threatened to be ripped from me, leaving me helpless. I need some freedom here. I might go crazy.

And now you have summed up the crux of your problem. Unless that one person is yourself, you are headed for trouble. You have to rely on yourself first and foremost, over any other person in your world .... even your "controlling" parents. If you would be helpless without someone else, then you are cleary dependent and not qualified to function freely and independently.