My partner and I made rules for her because we both work, so we couldn't drive her everywhere or pick her up, but we let her usually she would do whatever she wanted as long as she was always reachable on her cell phone and if she didn't answer, broke curfew or lied about where she was going, she would be punished. Erikson talks about how "teenagers strive to discover their strengths and weaknesses and the roles that best suit their future lives" (Feldman) and Piper is quite good at concentrating in class "and is generally able to maintain its activities. Sometimes she is too busy and stressed” (My virtual child, 16 years old). She had one instance where she went to a party then called me to pick her up and I smelled alcohol on her breath and she had a hangover the next morning. I didn't scold her because I knew it would happen eventually, so I told her I was proud of her for being responsible and called me to come pick her up instead of to come home drunk or to come home with someone who had also been drinking. . I also brought up the dangers of underage drinking and made him understand. As she became more and more independent she thought it would be a good idea to run away with her boyfriend and get matching tattoos, luckily they were small and in an out of sight place. Our relationship actually improved a lot after she started taking a psychology class.