I need advice on how to talk to a parent

So, I am 15 years old. Have a bunch of siblings- some older, some younger and yet I am the only child who is required to follow certain rules. Here are a few:
1) not allowed to go on phone in my bedroom.

2) not allowed to make friends with people my age

3) ABOSOLUTELY NO MENTION OF BOYS (very important rule)

4) no swearing. That means I can’t say words like ‘tramp’ or ‘useless’ or ‘I don’t care’

So these are a general few. Now these are not written down anywhere nor have they been explicitly mentioned. But I have hell to pay if I break one of them. E.g. I made some friends in year 7 and they didn’t like it so they pulled me out of school and ‘homeschooled’ me. When I say homeschooled I mean that I teach myself. I have no help other than my books and with GCSEs in a few weeks... I’m basically stressing a lot.

So does anyone have any ideas on how to make my parents realise that they are a little too controlling? I mean, they’re the nicest people I know but I think it’s a little unfair that out of all my siblings, I’m the only one who has to follow these rules. And not having any friends for the last 5 years has been torture. I love talking to people. But now I literally talk to myself in the mirror because I crave social interaction. I need help and some mature ideas on how to explain my point to my parents

Thank you

I will be your friend, your parents sound too harsh

Aw thanks they’re really not that bad but I do really want to be able to get my point across to them

So, I am 15 years old. Have a bunch of siblings- some older, some younger and yet I am the only child who is required to follow certain rules. Here are a few:
1) not allowed to go on phone in my bedroom.

2) not allowed to make friends with people my age

3) ABOSOLUTELY NO MENTION OF BOYS (very important rule)

4) no swearing. That means I can’t say words like ‘tramp’ or ‘useless’ or ‘I don’t care’

So these are a general few. Now these are not written down anywhere nor have they been explicitly mentioned. But I have hell to pay if I break one of them. E.g. I made some friends in year 7 and they didn’t like it so they pulled me out of school and ‘homeschooled’ me. When I say homeschooled I mean that I teach myself. I have no help other than my books and with GCSEs in a few weeks... I’m basically stressing a lot.

So does anyone have any ideas on how to make my parents realise that they are a little too controlling? I mean, they’re the nicest people I know but I think it’s a little unfair that out of all my siblings, I’m the only one who has to follow these rules. And not having any friends for the last 5 years has been torture. I love talking to people. But now I literally talk to myself in the mirror because I crave social interaction. I need help and some mature ideas on how to explain my point to my parents

Thank you

Ask to talk to them seriously and see if you can negotiate. Discuss what you want and what you will do in return if they let you do it. You sound very sensible

Well they said their main reason for not wanting me to have friends was that I would be influenced badly. So maybe I should show them that I would be able to both have friends and remain the way I am? I’m just worried that when I am able to talk to people- I will not be able to fit in. But I will give it a try!

do you have a clue on why your parents dont let you make friends?is it due to the fact that they have never liked your friends or...

But now I literally talk to myself in the mirror because I crave social interaction.

Sounds like you need an external person, who they respect and will heed, to mediate for you.

i thought i was crazy. lol.

Easier said than done. I don’t know if I’d be able to find anyone that they’d like. Thank you for your advice though

So, I am 15 years old. Have a bunch of siblings- some older, some younger and yet I am the only child who is required to follow certain rules. Here are a few:
1) not allowed to go on phone in my bedroom.

2) not allowed to make friends with people my age

3) ABOSOLUTELY NO MENTION OF BOYS (very important rule)


So these are a general few. Now these are not written down anywhere nor have they been explicitly mentioned. But I have hell to pay if I break one of them. E.g. I made some friends in year 7 and they didn’t like it so they pulled me out of school and ‘homeschooled’ me. When I say homeschooled I mean that I teach myself. I have no help other than my books and with GCSEs in a few weeks... I’m basically stressing a lot.

So does anyone have any ideas on how to make my parents realise that they are a little too controlling? I mean, they’re the nicest people I know but I think it’s a little unfair that out of all my siblings, I’m the only one who has to follow these rules. And not having any friends for the last 5 years has been torture. I love talking to people. But now I literally talk to myself in the mirror because I crave social interaction. I need help and some mature ideas on how to explain my point to my parents

Thank you

I am probably the... well I’m a pushover. They are both incredibly protective so I think it has something to do with that.

i'm serious ****ing worried about you.

do you have a sibling, who's around your age and is the same sex as you?

They didn’t want me to be influenced. I think it’s because they think that I am too soft and that making friends would change me into someone else