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I agree with Dana Boyd’s opinion that teens should be having more freedom to do whatever they want. I agree with that because I also think the same thing, I think that parents try to keep their kids from everything and that's impossible. Parents should let their children have more experiences throughout their life so they'll know how to cope with certain things. Sometimes I don't understand how some parents can be like that, I mean they were kids once and they probably wanted to do the same things as their kids want to do. So why is it so hard for them to let kids to do something’s on their own if they did the same things as well when they were a kid. If you keep a child from everything than what life experiences do they have? What downfall do they have? What new people will they meet? What might they learn? Kids need fresh air and places to go to entertain themselves. My mom is a little over protective at times and sometimes she is not because she understands that I have a life that I need to live and I won't really learn anything from life if I just stay in the house all day and be blocked from everything. Dana Boyd’s to be seems like the person who can speak on teens behalf and let people know that we kind of deserve to be able to breathe, without parents trying to block us from any and everything.