I'm from North Carolina. I will be sixteen in the fall of this year (2013). I graduated high school with a 3.9 GPA when I was fourteen and am currently enrolled in college holding a 4.0 GPA and am carrying classes full time. I was homeschooled my whole life, and taught myself everything I know. I run my family's small farm and do most of the general household work. I carry alot of responsibility, and people entrust me with alot more than most young adults my age. I want to step a little further into having more adult responsibility rather than what most would view as chores. My problem is that my parents have such strict rules that they won't let me do anything besides school. I'm stuck in this huge wheel that rolls something like this:
I can't get my lisence untill I can pay for my own insurance.
I can't pay for insurance untill I get a job.
I can't get transported to a job by my parents since they won't allow me to work due to their religious beliefs.
I can't get myself to and from work to hold a job without a lisence if my parent's do not consent to me working and transport me, which brings me back to not being able to get my lisence untill I can pay for my own insurance.
Everyone who knows me says that I am more mature than my years. I'm stuck feeling like I can't do anything with my life. I don't necessarily want to ditch my parents through emancipation, but I need to be able to make some decisions whether my parents truly approve or not. Would it not seem wiser to attempt to get yourself financially set up before turning eighteen and having to do everything overnight? To have your parents guide you and be there to help you when you are trying to step foot into the world for the first time in your life? I'm at a place in life where there is nothing left for me outside of college classes, which I am already taking. It's a living wonder my parents are able to afford these classes now, but I know they will not be able to keep doing so for much longer. I'm not even sure we can scrap up the money for my classes this fall even though I'm attending a cheaper community college and am already using financial aid. When they can't afford for me to finish college, what am I supposed to do with my life? I can't assist in paying for my classes without a job. I'm stuck....and I will continue to be for atleast two years if something doesn't give.
I know I am incapable of emancipation (from what I have researched on my own) as I do not have a job to financially support myself or have a home of my own. I don't want to ditch my parents either, I love them and have no issues whatsoever until it comes to making these kind of decisions for myself. Is there any way to get the legal ability to make decisions outside of my parent's authority without going through emancipation? If not, is there any way to get emancipated (under the assumption I get a job after I can make the decision for myself as I have three places to choose between which have garunteed me employment if I so desire when I am able), but still live at home? I understand if there is nothing of the sorts that can assist me in accomplishing what I want, and am okay with that. I would just like to know that I'm not looking at the next two years of my life knowing I could possibly accomplish nothing in that time.

