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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]parents doesn’t mean they are free to do whatever they want.

Ever since my niece turned 18 2 months ago she decided she no longer had to abide by her parent’s rules as long as she was refusing financial help from them. She stayed out all night and refused to come home for days, claiming my sister and her husband are too controlling like setting a curfew or limits on cell phones. [b]She bought her own cell phone to skirt her parents reasonable restrictions on the cell phone like most parents of teens do. [/b]She kept insisting she didn't have to follow her parents rules regarding the cell phone because she paid for the cell phone herself and is refusing financial help from her parents.

My niece plans to take a week trip to Myrtle beach with her friends on Monday and there will be no adult supervision. No matter how many times her parents told her no she insists she will do it and her parents can’t tell her what to do because she refuses their financial support. Shes not even living with them but her parents often stop by but she starts yelling at them to go away. The problem is she makes very irresponsible decisions like going into large crowds during a pandemic or sleeping around with random men some who have criminal records. I told her part of being an adult is acting like one and making responsible  decisions. “iM eIgHtEeN i CaN dO wHaT i WaNt” is not being an adult.[/quote

No, most parents of 18-year-old ADULTS don’t have “restrictions on the cell phone.”[/quote]

OP here. Being 18 doesn’t automatically make you an adult.[/quote]

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