It's bad to be too controlling of your teenager.
Melanie has a sixteen year old daughter Kelly who asks her mother if she can go to a friend's house that evening.
Melanie wants to answer her daughter.
Melanie allows her daughter to go to her friend's house but first talks to her about making responsible decisions.
Melanie tells her daughter that she cannot go anywhere without an adult chaperone and does not let her leave the house.
Kelly listens to her mother's advice on being responsible and is determined not to lose her mother's trust.
Kelly resents her mother for not trusting her, and she looks for ways to sneak around instead.