How to Avoid Your Parents Without Hurting Their Feelings

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Join a club or organization to spend time away from home.. Volunteer to have a good reason to be out.. Pick up a hobby to spend time on your own.

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Join a club or organization to spend time away from home.

Step 1

Join a club or organization to spend time away from home.

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Volunteer to have a good reason to be out.

Step 2

Volunteer to have a good reason to be out.

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Pick up a hobby to spend time on your own.

Step 3

Pick up a hobby to spend time on your own.

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Get a job to have a responsible reason to be away from home.

Step 4

Get a job to have a responsible reason to be away from home.

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Ask to spend time at friends' houses.

Step 5

Ask to spend time at friends' houses.

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Pick up responsibilities at home to earn trust.

Step 6

Pick up responsibilities at home to earn trust.

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Don't break your parents trust.

Step 7

Don't break your parents trust.

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Figure out what you want before you talk to your parents.

Step 8

Figure out what you want before you talk to your parents.

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Ask them to sit down with you.

Step 9

Ask them to sit down with you.

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Tell them what you want.

Step 10

Tell them what you want.

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Expect reasonable boundaries as a teen.

Step 11

Expect reasonable boundaries as a teen.

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Realize that setting boundaries may hurt your parents' feelings.

Step 12

Realize that setting boundaries may hurt your parents' feelings.

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Schedule regular time with your parents.

Step 13

Schedule regular time with your parents.

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Tell them you'll call them instead of waiting for them to call you.

Step 14

Tell them you'll call them instead of waiting for them to call you.

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Get busy to have an excuse not to see them.

Step 15

Get busy to have an excuse not to see them.

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Try to be financially independent so you're not obligated to see them.

Step 16

Try to be financially independent so you're not obligated to see them.

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Handle your responsibilities.

Step 17

Handle your responsibilities.

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