When should a strong and secure Senior in High School be able enough to make her own sound decisions?

[claries]

i feel left out alot because i feel like my parents are trying to keep me away from certain things. Now i understand their need for protection butt i feel like they r OVER-PROTECTIVE. I feel like i juss have to keep waiting and waiting for certain things to happen, that almost never do....

Like im sure you people have Twitter's and Facebook's.

I have neither one, so im left out of the loop alot on my friends (not that they're real friends) tell me, and i mean okay....texting is one thing, but not everyone responds to a text message. Not everyone cares for texting.

And i only want a twitter. So tell me isn't twitter mostly (if not solely) made for saying random things at any given moment in time?

And i have the opportunity to make one butt my parents being themselves, don't necessarily see the need for it. And the more i try to explain myself, they don't get it. So its jusss like OMFG, why don't u understand the words that are coming out of my mouth????!!!!

I juss feel like I'm almost 18, and i feel like i should have the decision if i want a twitter or not. NOT THEM.

I mean is that so wrong...to want to make decisions for yourself? It's not like ill post personal family stuff on it, juss funny stuff like...

"How you gun go get some chicken and leave the money on your dresser.?"

See!!!

Butt anyways, i want one, and part of me wants a facbook butt the other parts not pressed to have one. I feel left out of everything....

I mean like u wud not believe how much this dialouge goes on with these people i call "friends"

"so anyways, we was on twitter talkin, oh yeah thats rite u dont a twitter."
"i dont have a facebook either."
"dang, u don;'t have nothin,"
"sure dont."
"anyways... this watt happened."

and i STILL DONT FULLY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE TALKIN BOUT.

It's clear i need some advice, so if u have any, ide love to hear it.

[Megan S.]

oooo yah im 13 and cant hav a facebook or twitter either and allll my friends hav one sooo i think u should tell ur parents ur old enough now to make ur own decisions and that u wont tell personal stuff on facebook or twitter

[rder80]

This is how you should approach your parents.

You - "Mom and Dad , I would like to discuss something with you"
Mom and Dad - "ok"
You - "you're my parents and I love you very much. I'm still young and I obviously still need your guidance on many things". The fact is I need to start learning how to make my own decisions so that I don't crash and burn when I'm out on my own one day". Let's start with simple things , like my desire with wanting to be more connected with my friends, because the fact is that technology is a big part of my generation and it's only going to advance even more. I understand your reluctance because being online has it's dangers but that's just life and I need to learn how to navigate in it. We can set it up together, if you like , so you can feel better about it. I need to take these steps so That I can grow. What do you think?"
Mom and Dad - "That was very well thought out and I think we can work something out".
You - "thank you".