I had exactly the same topic in January or December over a year ago, I'll quote some good ones: wow thats good... i would have never thought of that... anyway, i coulda had two more siblings in the time it took me to convince my parents to get members. i finally sat down with my dad in june, and had a half hour talk with him, and he agreed. now he is constantly asking my if i still play rs. anyway, my parents argument wasn't that it was risky or anything like that, it was that i spent too much time "in my cave on that damn computer!" and also i'm not the most popular kid around. hanging out with people, other then my girlfriend just seems stupid to me. you can only get into trouble with drugs and stuff, or get in social trouble by not doing it. so i have my own fun at home, i made sure i explained this to my dad late at night so as to see that my mom was in bed. she found out three weeks later because my friend told his mom that i was now members, and then we went over their house for a bbq and she got mad, but never did anything about it. your problem is much easier to explain. i had to be more social active, more helpful around the house, pick up a sport, and start job hunting to finally cinvince just my dad... good luck i hope to see you when i pass by seers bank :wink: ( P.S. - you say your parents thought it was risky to send money to the US? do our pothead teenagers really give us that bad a reputation? i'm starting to feel sick that people look at me that way and it's not even my fault i live here :lol: ) All credits to them :idea: