I’m turning 16 soon and I was forced to grow up too fast. My childhood was quite short and I never got to enjoy it. My parents are very protective so I’m not allowed to go out with friends or go to parties. I’m okay not going to parties that are far away or at a ballroom, but it hurts me when it’s at my bestfriends house and they don’t allow me to go when they know her family. All I do most of the time is go through social media and watch videos and pictures of them having fun and making memories without me. It hurts. And when I think about it I’ve been treated differently my whole life just because I’m the only girl. Everyone thinks I’m the spoiled one in the family but little do they know it’s the complete opposite. I’m really looking forward to college and spend some time away from all the family problems and feeling left out and being blamed for everything. They expect me to grow up but when I do something wrong I’m “a little girl”. Everyone makes mistakes but it’s like they want me to be perfect when they aren’t. Both of my parents have anger issues so we can never go somewhere with someone fighting. Everything always ends up being my fault somehow though. Even when my parents were close to getting divorced it became my fault. I just want to have a life of a girl that can enjoy her life and make many fun memories with friend’s, not be stuck at home like a prisoner or be the one that my parents use to take their anger out on. Just because in the only girl and the middle child doesn’t mean I deserve this in my life and much more.