(no subject)
It's weird how people go through adolescence fighting for responsibility but once they have some genuinely important obligations, they go, "Fuck this!"
But maybe I am only speaking for myself.
Allowance. The ability to stay home alone. A later bedtime. It's the same stuff, essentially on the same level, but much more frightening now that it matters.
Honestly, it wasn't important if I had a babysitter. I would have gotten myself into the same amount of trouble either way (maybe a little less, unsupervised). When I had sufficiently demonstrated that I was worthy of that kind of trust and deserving of the responsibility, I could have eventually been left alone. The key is being ready.
I'm not.
But maybe I am only speaking for myself.
Allowance. The ability to stay home alone. A later bedtime. It's the same stuff, essentially on the same level, but much more frightening now that it matters.
Honestly, it wasn't important if I had a babysitter. I would have gotten myself into the same amount of trouble either way (maybe a little less, unsupervised). When I had sufficiently demonstrated that I was worthy of that kind of trust and deserving of the responsibility, I could have eventually been left alone. The key is being ready.
I'm not.