It wasn't my magazine, it was my mothers, lol.

Are you suggesting OP run away and get in even MORE trouble?

No, just show some strength and stand up for him/herself

Then don't get caught. I would rather move to another country and be a criminal than to live with these type of parents.

It is not suggested that OP is either male or female. Either way, I am very sorry OP. Strict parents are not fun, they endanger their children's lives in most cases. Grounding them for stating their opinion... that is no way to educate children. If their opinion is wrong the parents have explain to them why it is wrong - they have to use reason, not a screwed up "I am bigger than you".

It's one thing to keep your kids in line, yet another to start rumors that your kid is a disgusting **** that can't be trusted. Making them miserable is a right that parents do have, but in the sense of making them clean their room on a Saturday night instead of going out with friends. I think you have missed a big point in this FML. Rumors do damage to people reputation, an it can effect their adult lives if they stay close to home. OP, you should threaten your mother that when you grow up and get married, that you won't include her in your life. Then when you have kids that she won't see them, because you plan on raising your children to have opinions of their own. When you are an adult with kids you will feel the need to protect them from the world, don't ever try these tactics, they will only push your kids away.

BoCo, I haven't missed anything. You obviously missed the fact that I was joking. :)

Booo! Parenting is Pure Evil.

Parents MUST lead by example. If you tell lies about your kids, then you are telling your kids its ok to lie. So, when you get fired from work because your kid told your boss a bunch of horrible things "you" said, you have no one to blame but yourself. Second, you must be a fool or an idiot (or both) to think that a child would do drugs without any cause. As many studies have shown, acting in this moronic manner encourages negative behavior, including drug use. Have you not heard of the "Self Fulfilling Prophecy?" Obviously you haven't, or you would know that if someone in power over another (or the masses) keeps telling someone they are something, then they will eventually become that. If a teacher tells a student they will fail that course repeatedly, eventually that child will fail. If you call your child a ****, sooner or later, your child will become one. Lastly, if you think that you need to make your child miserable to assert authority over them, you are a bad... nay, horrible parent. Respect gets you authority, not terroristic acts.

127 - While most of what you say is correct, you're forgetting one thing. Peer pressure. Many kids don't have parents who indulge in drugs (drinking, at least to me, is slightly different than marijuana/other drug usage) yet they start getting high because all their friends are. Also, Some people have a stronger motivation; a stronger willpower and will show their parents up by not being what the parent said they'll be. I speak from experience with that one; my mother said many horrid things to me and I felt I needed to prove to her that I'm very well capable; more so than her.

Well, I think it's pretty far over the borderline and well into the crazy territory. I don't understand how anyone can justify spreading lies about ones kids to stop them from dating. OP, I suggest you write to the magazine and cancel the subscription. Have a decent talk with your mom. At some point you're going to have to leave home, and you'll need to have some socializing experience. Even bad experiences teach lessons. Your parents should be there to help you through them, not bind and gag you and toss you in a closet for life.