Overbearing Parents

[Josh Fox]

Originally Posted by alephzer0

I am personally of the opinion that the right to decide the balance of activities in the life of a student lies entirely in the hands of the student. Meaning, parents can have input, but the student should make the final choice. Yes, this means I reject permission slips and parental consent forms for high schoolers in concept. I believe that if a student wants to be a part of something that is not illegal, the parents have no right to say "no."

I realize you have a philosophical issue with permission slips, but you have to realize it's more about liability than allowing parents to impose their will on students/their children.


To the OP, I hope you're able to continue with this season in whatever capacity you desire, but on the chance your parents decide to pull you out for whatever reasons they decide, you pretty much have to go with it. As a minor (and even myself at 23) you're incredibly dependent on your parents for any number of things and sometimes you'll have to do things you don't like to keep them happy.

And even though it wouldn't be any fun to not be able to stay involved, and even though FIRST certainly does help with getting into schools and such, you're clearly a smart person that in the long run things will work out for just fine with or without this extra year of FIRST as long as you apply yourself. I know asking you to look toward the future isn't easy (I certainly would've struggled with it a ton in your shoes), but try not to let yourself fall into thinking only about the present.