I agree 110% my parents were very strict and I rebelled moved out a week after I turned 18 and didn't speak to them for almost a year before we patched everything up. Other people in my family think that I give my kids too much freedom and that they are spoiled too much but they are both honor roll students and when they go some where I know that they are where they say they are going to be, that they are doing what they are supposed to be doing and that they are behaving. What more can I ask for? You have to allow kids to be kids and enjoy their childhood.