Can You Get Emancipated if Your Parents Won't Let You Go to College

[jumanji]

I know a lot of kids who've taken gap years. Every one has ended up going to college as a somewhat more mature person with a better idea of what they want to do with their life. This is a bad thing..... how?

[Dogmatique]

I know a lot of kids who've taken gap years. Every one has ended up going to college as a somewhat more mature person with a better idea of what they want to do with their life. This is a bad thing..... how?

Gap years are sometimes the difference between burning out and having a successful college experience. I'm not saying they're essential to every student, but many benefit YUGELY from taking a gap year. For the better of everyone involved.

Alas, that doesn't seem to fit in today's "microwave mentality".

[Mark47n]

Hell, I took gap years a few times to be a climbing bum and to travel to Antarctica for 18 months...among other things.

[Mercy&Grace]

What did you do to change your mothers mind about all of these things ? She would not have suddenly changed her mind for no reason.

[llworking]

Gap years are sometimes the difference between burning out and having a successful college experience. I'm not saying they're essential to every student, but many benefit YUGELY from taking a gap year. For the better of everyone involved.

Alas, that doesn't seem to fit in today's "microwave mentality".

Gap years seem to be more used across the pond than here. I do think it seems to be beneficial to a lot of people.

[comment/ator]

I am seeing a huge gap in the information we are getting. Okay, your mother does not want you to go to college. She doesn't want you working. She has taken away your phone privileges and your memberships to other activities. What does she want you to do instead? What has precipitated this? There's more to this than we are hearing here. What does she want you to do until you become 18, sit around the house and read? Clean, cook and help take care of your ten younger siblings? It makes no sense that a parent suddenly decides they want their 17 year old right at home, not working, not in school, looking at them till they are 18 and they lose control. What have you been doing that has so motivated your parents?

[qwaspolk69]

January 2018



Its not me wanting to go to college early, I want to go after I graduate. I do not want to wait another year to go when i can go now, studies show that people who wait a year to go to college end up not going, most of the time. Anyways, my mom stealing my money is not a good enough reason? Her not wanting me to go college is not good enough? I want to become emancipated so I can take out loans for college. Whats so wrong about that?

What studies? Because there are a lot of kids (including former Pres Obama's daughter) who are taking a year off after graduation and then going to college. His oldest just did this. It's called a "gap year." Lots of teens are doing it. It's actually shown to be beneficial.

You are NOT going to get emancipated based on the things you mentioned so suck it up. There's nothing wrong with wanting to go to college you just legally can't do what you want until you reach the age of majority in your state.

When you're 18 you can do what you want. Until then you stay with your parents.