The internet is not a place where age should be reason for discrimination. I lied about my age from the time I was ~8 until I was 16 because little shits don't take your seriously, even if you're smarter than half f them. I'm 17 now and I don't feel the need to lie anymore.
Kids lie to their parents- its natural. I'd be FAR more concerned by an entirely honest child than one who plays games when he's not supposed to...
And as children don't pick their parents, or in any way choose the situation their in, I fully support and offer help to other minors trying to trick them.
You should respect the decisions your parents make that are respectable by nature. The idea of "default respect" is not one that I condone. Respect is always earned. If your parents do respectable things and make respectable rules, you'll follow them. You'll still disoebey every once and a while- that is a natural part of growing up. Now, if your parents make decisions for you that are not respectable by nature- they should be smart enough to realize its harder to enforce.
The argument that parents are "responsible for your upbringing" is not one that holds too much water. At some point, I became responsible for my own upbringing. At the point where I began disagreeing with my parents about things. This happened outrageously young for me, so I've been past my "rebellious" phase for a long time.
Yeah, you can tell a teen their parents are responsible for their upbringing, but...then they're given responsibilities for their own upbringing. They're expected to do well in school, work hard, think about who they want to be, ect. So...apparently teens are only responsible for themselves when its a hardship, not a privelege.
When I was about 14 I realized that if I let my parents be "responsible for my upbringing" I'd not be the kind of person I wanted to be. If they had been entirely responsible for who I became, I'd be a christian, for one. I'd be a republican, for the other. Neither of these things are who I want to be.
I think the message that should be sent to teens is that they ARE responsible for themselves and their actions- not that everyone else is. Now, this is often done through words...but not much through actions. Teens aren't allowed to make what are considered "mistakes" because someone else is responsible for them...but to what degree does that responsibility go?
I don't think teenage rebellion is a bad thing, I think its the teen finally realizing that he IS free regardless of whatever anyone tells him about his parents ruling over him. It is a vital stage in their development where they realize they're responsible for themselves.
/rant