how you know when you become independent

No matter what time period you have become a teenager, all teens suffer from figuring out when they have grown out of that kid state and moved on to a more mature independent state. Teens like to believe that they have grown up mentally/emotionally faster than physically. Young teens growing up feel like they have to act older and more mature by doing adult like things such as being involved in sexual situations. Although finding out how mature you really are as a teen can be very confusing. Parents expect their children to act a certain way and do things around their age level, while kids often fuss and argue with their parents about what they want to do. It's also hard to set an example for your teenager when what your doing might influence their behaviors to do the same. For example, one time i wanted to drive my friends and I to the city just to hangout and experience something different then our usual days in the suburbs. I had asked my mom if I could drive them and of course she said no. She said I was still to young to learn how to drive in the city since its a whole different way of adjusting to driving there. I responded by saying, "Mom oh my gosh, I have had my drivers license for almost two years." We ended up getting into a fight about she never saw my side and i never saw her side.  This is why it's really hard to compromise with parents because the parent and the child never see the other side.