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After mom caught me trying to sneak info my room, she grounded me for a whole month. And also refused Molly from coming to the house to pay me visits.

I was to babysit my younger siblings, get tutored in Maths, and just read till I drift to sleep.

Mom also seized my phone and deprived me of watching TV. She was really disappointed that I could sneak out of the house at night, to go to Molly's house for night parties. And used every slightest opportunity to tell me how disappointed she was in me.

She told Dad about it, and he laughed over it. Saying I was...