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Why would we care whether our parents trust us or not?
by Sarah Swenson
don't know about you, but I can't seem to get away with anything.
It's like my parents have this radar that tells them when I've
done something wrong. Of course I do get away with a few things,
but 8 out of 10 times I get caught. Maybe parents have a sixth
sense given to them when their first child is born.
When I do something wrong, it can break trust. Broken trust takes a long time to rebuild.
Why would we care whether our parents trust us or not? Well, one reason is freedom. Most teens want to be able to go out with friends, date, talk on the phone, do things their own way. Parents are a lot more likely to give us our freedom if they trust us.
We all break trust in some way, even as little kids. I've done some stupid things that got me into trouble, and now I wish I'd handled them better. I remember one time when I was about 5 I was spending the night at my best friend's house. Anne's parents had just bought her a water bed, and I thought it was just the neatest thing.
After we'd gone to bed we decided we were thirsty. Neither one of us wanted to get up and go to the kitchen, so I came up with a brilliant idea. We peeled off the sheets and mattress pad, and bit two tiny holes in the plastic covering. We put our mouths over the holes and sucked up water that tasted like chlorine. This was much more fun than drinking out of a glass.
Our only problem was that we couldn't close the holes up again no matter how hard we tried to squeeze the plastic. As the water slowly leaked out, I started thinking that maybe this wasn't such a good idea after all. Of course, Anne's parents found out. At first they were afraid we'd been poisoned by the chemicals. But we hadn't drunk much, and we were fine.
I didn't tell my parents when I got home. I was too ashamed that we had ruined Anne's new bed. That was a mistake. Not telling was almost as bad as lying to my parents. Anne's parents ended up telling them. Then my parents made me go back and help patch it up.
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