I was always lying to my parents, going to parties, and staying places I shouldn't have been. My lifestyle was something I couldn't talk to my parents about, but I could confide in other friends' parents or my youth pastors. I always wonder how different my adolescence would have been if my parents had been more open and willing to live life in the image of God. At home we all knew about our faith and acted accordingly, without swearing, without drinking, but we didn't never specifically talked about how difficult it can be not to fall into temptation. My parents did not understand any mistakes; it was “you better not do this kind of thing,” in the end. This is not to say that it is my parents' fault that I am a rebellious teenager who lied to her parents and got drunk on weekends because I was well aware of the sins I was committing and attempted many times to do so..