How do you feel about your life at home? Are you represented in the
activities and rules and chores? Do your parents tell you "As long as you
live under this roof you will abide by my rules? How do you feel about it?

I hate my life at home. It has to be one of the worst ever. I have to share my room with 2 other siblings, my dad abuses me, my mom is never home (she works a lot cause my dad doesn't work) and my house is literally falling apart. i have to do all the chores, cause my dad is a lazy @$$ and my mom is never home, and my 2 siblings are too young to do them. when i don't do all the chores, my dad beats me. he yells at me and says i'm no good and i should never have been born. when my mom gets home, shes always tired, and yells at me too for not doing what i'm supposed to do. and last week, i say my dad flirting with a neighbor, then he went into her house for 4 hours. i hate my life...
Sad

I feel like I am always treated like a kid. I know I am still under their roof, but until I got to college, and actually develop a life of my own, that is where I will be. And I don't need that thrwon in my face all the time. I won't be graduating high school until 2001, and I feel it is not th parents job to tell you what you've done wrong, but to help you learn from your mistakes, so that you will not do it again. As long as you are taking care of your responsibilities as the "KID" than they'll have to let the leash off of you, and start treating you like an adult.
Alicia b.k.a."Classy94601"

Sometimes I wonder what's up with my life. Some of the time I can cope and everythings good. But usually I'm awaken at the break of dawn to hear my parent's fighting, again, over something I did. I'm always messing up and so basiclly I ruin the whole pretty atmosphere at home. It's strange because I don't do it on purpose, it's just the way my personality is.
Hotaru-chan

Well my life at home is not always happy. I don't think anyones life at home is always happy. There is alot of shouting in my home. Yes I have alot of chores, but I do get rewarded for them. There are times where I am upset cause I am the only one cleaning up around the house, when my brother or sister can do it alo. My parents dont say"As long as you live under this roof you will abide by my rules", but they do imply it sometimes. Like they would say, you can always move out and get the freedom you want. SO that is sort of the same thing. I do agree with them actually, because they pay the bills not me, and they have the right to make rules. Yes sometimes the rules keep me barricaded in the house, but they say they do this because they love me. Feeling loved is what matters to me most then material things!
baby_girl001

Personally, I can't stand it at home. And I feel so stupid and self-centered when I say that, because I know there are people out there with way worse problems than me, but you asked how I felt, and this is how I feel. It's not like they abuse me or ignore me or take drugs or are alchoholics or any of the million other things that other kids have to go through. But still... I can't wait until I get out of this house. The chores I could care less about. I do my jobs and I don't grumble too much about it. The only thing I don't like is if I forget to empty the dishwasher once before going out, my mom acts like it's the end of the world. And she's always nosing into my life. She'll come downstairs and try to talk while I'm on the computer talking to my friends, and she won't look at me, she looks at the screen, reading my conversations. It's like I can't even be myself when I'm at home. That's why I'm never here, I'm always out with my friends. And then my mom gets mad at me for always being out. It's like, if you didn't make me feel like I had to leave, maybe I'd be home more often. If I didn't have to hide in my room to avoid you asking questions about everything going on in my life--and even sometimes that doesn't work--maybe I wouldn't mind spending more time under "your roof." I suppose that most mothers are like this, and I shouldn't complain, but I can't feeling this way. One of the worst things is that I also work with her, and she won't leave my life at home. She talks about everything that I do with everyone that I work with. I hate it. I just wish I could live my life without her bothering me all the time. It's like she wants to be my best friend. It's so annoying. I can't stand her.
Gemini

My life at home is great. We dont have too many rules, just the normal ones, like no boys in the house when no parents are home for a long period of time,and common things like that.My parents do say "as long as you live in our house, you will follow our rules" But I have no problem with that because we have very few rules that are hard to follow, and I belive that that statment is fair, even when I am 18, if I am still living with them I will follow their rules.We have a few chores to do usually once a week me and my brother clean the whole house, and split the chores so everything gets done. On regular days, we just have to keep our rooms picked up, and we get paid 20$ at the end of the week, so it is worth it. My family gets along really well, so I am very happy with my life at home
Me333

My home life is good. There's not too many rules, and my parents find me to be responsible enough not to have to make too many rules. I feel that when people live together they should compromise and get along. Of course, I argue with them sometimes but that's life :)
Precious_Jewels

My homelife is good. It's just me and my mom, so yeah I'm represented in the chores and rules and everything. There really aren't many rules, my mother's very lenient. Sometimes we fight and sometimes she has the most ridiculous reasons for it, and it makes me angry so I try to change her mind...but generally I have a good home life.
moonbabe

My life at home is good...we have practically no rules, and we only have to do a few chores. Since my mom died about 8 months ago, I've had to take up a lot of the things that she used to do, like cooking and cleaning. But, i don't really mind. I think it's better that i just take them on, instead of being told to do it. I hate being bossed around, so..i just do it so my dad doesn't yell at me. Also, my dad is really cool. I've never been grounded, and i guess he has a weak spot for his kids, so he kind of spoils us. but not it a bad way. i'm totally ok with this. i have so much freedom, and so do my does my brother and sisters.
Moo

My life at home is very messy, but i always know that others have it worse which makes me feel bad that i can't complain about my homelife. I get told rules which is fine but i get so mad when i am not represented in the rules. I think it is so wrong for kids to have no say, afterall everybody is human and equal. I think that parents should HAVE to give reasons for their actions otherwise they are just adding to the society of bullshit where you feel like you are overpowerd and cant stop anything.
Karen Koltrane

Hello. Well, my life at home is good. My mom and I get a long for the most part, and when we do disagree, we don't let it wreck our relationship. My dad is great. I guess you could say I'm daddy's little girl, becauase I can con him out of anything...:-)The only thing i'm not really thrilled with at home is how my parents always ask me about work or school while were eating dinner. I mean, I know they want to know what is happening in my life, and I don't mind telling them, but a lot of nights, especially during school, dinner time is the only time i have to relax; school and work are the last things I want to think about.
Mara