DR. WALLACE: I love my parents very much, but sometimes they can be very difficult. I am 17 and an only child. My twin sister died two days after she was born. This, I'm sure, has caused my parents to be doubly cautious while raising me.

First of all, I was not allowed to date until I was 16 1/2. Now, my parents have a rule that I can't date the same guy more than once a month. I also can't go steady, or even think about going steady, until my 19th birthday as long as I'm living at hom ...

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