How old were you when your parents let you stay home alone overnight?

Question

I am 17 years old. I have a job, I recently graduated beauty school and recieved my cosmetology license, I am currently a sophmore in college and my parents still wont let me stay home alone for one night. In less 8 months I will be an adult, I'm transferring to a university that is three hours away and apparently that is the first time I'll be able to be alone. Despite all of the absolute responsibility and control I have shown, I am still treated like a punk kid. My curfew is usually right around 11:30 and I usually show up around 15 minutes early. What can I do to convince my parents that I'm not a little kid anymore and I can be trusted

mine dont drink either

for those that keep asking
im in a program called running start it allows highschool students to earn college credits at the state's expense. I've been doing this since junior year and this year i will graduate with my AA transfer degree. I took all online classes so that i could have a part time job earning around $650 per month and with $500 each month paid tuition for cosmetology school. I graduated from cosmetology school last month. the other $150 was used for my car payment/gas/insurance. yes I do pay for that stuff still. that is how i have all those things accomplished

Answer 1

Wait until you transfer to the other university. Your parents are only concerned about you and you're lucky to have such a late curfew.

Answer 2

At 17, I felt just like you. Truth is, the world is a scary place for parents & I think early college years are the hardest.
Since my own daughter is 17 now I see this from both sides.
It's not that they don't trust you. They are afraid for you.

It's only eight months. Be patient and understanding. Your time is coming. Once you leave for college, things will never be the same.

Also, as a legal minor, your parents are still legally responsible for you...regardless of how mature you are. Many communities have curfews for kids under 18.
11:30pm is pretty generous for a 17 year-old. Hang in there!

Looking back on it now, 17 for me was the best of both worlds. I still got to "be a kid" to some extent & my parents were the ones paying the bills...something I never had to worry about until I went to college. (I started college just before I turned 18). But I enjoyed the use of a car. I could go out with my friends and I was allowed to date. It was pretty sweet. My parents were strict. My curfew was 11:00pm. My friends & I managed to have a good time anyhow.

Answer 3

i was in the same situation when i was 15 i wanted to stay home alone one night and my mum said no.6 months later she let me stay home alone for 3 nights. by then i was 16. i think it doesnt matter what other people say your parents have to be comfortable with their decision or they wont be able to relax while they are away from you. at the moment if something happens to you they could get into trouble for leaving you home alone for a night, it wouldnt matter that your cousins were around the corner or that your neighbors were close by.if something happened they might feel guilty that they didnt leave you in someone's care. you dont need the internet to revise, you can use practice papers and text books and parents know that. so i doubt the internet excuse would work. take over your grandparents dining table for an evening, if they always eat around the dinner table then have your parents speak to them that you are concerned about revising see if they let you have it for an evening. is there no way you could stay with a friend or some cousins? do you have a slightly older cousin who you get on well with who could come and stay in the house with you eg 18 year old cousin find an activity to do at your grandparents house, bake a cake with your grandma or take your laptop and watch a dvd. i assume its just the nigth time your parents have an issue with cant you arrive at like 7pm and then leave at 9 am the next day? i find it much easier to revise when there are no distractions, going to your grandparents would be really useful for revision in that respect.

Answer 4

how did you do all that and your only 17??

my parents NEVER went away so the first time i had a chance to stay home alone was 16...and i did break everyone rule they gave me but they never found out lol i think they are really worried about you they are worried about the rest of the world...maybe you should just talk to them act like an adult if that is what you want to be treated like


i was 18 had my own car and car insurance graduated high school and was working full time and my parents still made me be home b4 11:30 on weekends unless other plans were made so you don't have it that bad trust me...that why i moved out

Answer 5

Ahh Good luck to you!

I stayed by myself 1x when I was 16 & it was during a snow storm when they got stuck at their friends house & couldn't get home on time & my younger brother was somewhere else.

When I finally moved out, I thought it would be better BUT my younger brother lived there & to be honest by the time I came home they had forgotten how to deal with 2 kids, the older & the younger.

The younger was a pain in the ****....

So what ended up happening for a # of years anyway was that I realized I had had more freedom than I thought at 17 then I did at 20...

My friends had similar experiences because they were the oldest & their younger siblings were still at home.

Answer 6

I think i was about 11 the first time i got left by myself, i was babysitting at other peoples houses from the age of 12. Me and my parents never really had trust issues.

Answer 7

15. it was actually a few weeks ago. my mom and step dad went away. but wait, how are you a sophomore in college and 17? most kids don't even graduate high school until their 18.. but i don't think its because they don't trust you. maybe its because they are worried about what could happen if they left you alone.

Answer 8

WELL ''HAVE U EVER STAND UP FOR URSELF AND SAID MOM DAD IM NOT A KID ANYMORE IM GOING ON 18 IM NOT UR BABY BOY SO IMA GO DO I WANNA DO AND U CANT STOP ME,AN IF THEY START TO STAY AS LONG AS U ARE UNDER MY ROOF U LIVE BY MY RULES,THATS WHEN U SAY FINE IM MOVING OUT THEN WALK OUT THE DOOR.OVERNIGHT UR PARENTS WILL EVENTUALLY WOULD THINK IT OVER AND PROBABLY JUST PROBABLY AGREE WITH U THAT UR NOT HIS/HER' LITTLE KID ANYMORE AND THAT UR A MAN.OR YOU COULD SIT AND HAVE A NICE PARENTLY TALK.

Answer 9

My parents let me stay home alone overnight was when I was 13. But then again, I was never really alone, I have brothers and sisters too. They're not much older then I was though.

Answer 10

Never. My older brother was always there. I didn't stay home overnight by myself until I moved out of my parents house at 17. Big mistake.