Assignment 4 - Ethan Scott - I Don't Need My Parents

Around the time I was seven years old I thought I was the absolute best at everything and did not need anyone's help doing anything. These thoughts began from the smallest of things like me taking out the trash and cleaning the dishes but turned into me believing I could care for myself all on my own. My seven year old self was also dumb enough to confront my parents about this and request that they stop taking care of me like a parent does and I would do it on my own. After discussing with my parents they made the decision to follow through as much as they could before it became child neglect to let me learn the hard way that I couldn't do it on my own. Unsurprisingly this situation did not last long. I remember that within hours of discussing it with my parents I decided I would go to the store for a snack and thought that since I was taking care of myself I could drive to the store myself as well. This didn't last long because the first thing I did was drive into my garage door. Luckily no one was hurt and very little damage was done to the garage door but I clearly was not thinking correctly.