Why Don't I Grow Up?

            I am a teenager at the age of 17 and on my way to 18 in about 16 days and I will be legal for: smoking cigarettes, playing the lottery, watching porn (because age stopped that, yeah right) and a whole bunch of other things that makes being a kid a drag in some people eyes. Underage people would find all these obstacles as challenges ready to be conquered. Drinking is definitely one of the main ways underage kids would get over on the law and be a rebel, at least which is what they think. With almost all underage doing the same thing. They are just conforming and being like the rest.

         Now exactly why I don't want to grow up has everything to do with losing my freedom. You might be thinking what kind of freedom does a kid has and when you think about it, I mean the freedom of living with your parents or guardian and having them take care of you. If you are fortunate, your parents will give you food and a place to stay. When you think about it, parents are doing a public service. They are taking care of infants unto full development. But what I can't get over is the pampering. It is something to treasure because I wouldn't be where I am without the pampering and care my parents show.

    

         Having said, I am on the brink of legality, I will have to worry a little more about how I'm going to get fed and how I am going to pay these student loans back. Those questions will be answered while I gain life experience that my parents and their parents figured out. Growing up just seems to suck for the most part and it just seems hard to do.

         Ultimately, I will have to grow up and I plan on it. I will take this challenge of life and grab it by the horns to essentially slaughter it, but in a good positive way. Going to college and getting a taste of independence is my first step. I am really excited about school but less excited about taking care of everything for myself. This is life and unless you have a terrible disability you have to grow up. I'm just saying.