Dear Mom and Dad...

Dear mom and dad,
I know you want the best for me and all....

But can you please just STOP IT!?

I am 15 (turning 16 this year) and I'm already in this stage of life where I am conscious of my responsibilities and priorities as a student.

Yes, so what if I relax (or in your words, laze around) for a a few minutes up to an hour or two?
So what if I study with music? So what if I tend to "waste my time" trying to give it a break by just doing anything I like for the sake of de-stressing myself?
I know you want the best for me, and I assure you that all is going to be okay.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO NAG AT ME.
I'm fine, really. I know I have homework, so don't remind me, it's MY priority, MY responsibility. Not yours. Don't give me all that lecture about laziness, hard work, time management and all of the sort. If there is work that needs to be done, I assure you, it is done.
Besides, it is not really the end of the world if I don't do anything.

All of what you do, mom and dad, the shouting, the screaming, the complaining, the nagging, lectures...verily, I say to you:
I'm sorry but they are NOT helping.

I know you want what's best for me but clearly, all that you are doing now feels like you are just making the situation worse.

I have different ways of handling things.
Last year, I have slacked a lot during my days in school, before I sat for PT3...but, there was effort.
And I managed to pull it off with a good result. (Of course, I couldn't have done it if it wasn't for the both of you too...)

But the joy was just temporary.
Don't you see mom and dad?
You knew what I was capable of, you helped me through it, yes.
But I was the one who made the effort, and close to one or two months before that very day of the exam, I started to gain consciousness of myself. "What am I doing?"
I started to rebuild myself.
And I did it. But you still complain of all the little things I do. "Stop being lazy", "Have you finished your homework?", "Go study" "Don't listen to music while you're studying", "Stop playing with your computer", "Oi, SPM coming already", "This is no honeymoon year", etc, etc...

I'm getting sick of it.
It's of no use. Everything seems to be demotivating me, annoying me, irritating me.

I KNOW, I KNOW, I KNOW
LEAVE ME ALONE.
You want me to do my homework? Sure, I'll do it.
You want me to study? To do my revision? Sure. Of course I'll do it!
But please, grant me at least some freedom to do things my own way, for once,
and not hear of your petty lectures and complaints....

But know this, just because you don't see me studying or revising doesn't mean I'm entirely lazy.
Whenever I need to rest, I shall rest. For I too, have my own struggles, and when I feel overwhelmed, I take a break. I am a human being. NOT A ROBOT. 

With all due respect, mom and dad, I love you. Thank you so much for helping me earlier on but I have just one small request.
If you want to help me now, do it with words of encouragement, motivation and with smiles and hugs.
No nagging.
Please?

Some of you reading this may think, "Have you no respect for your elders?"
Yes I know. There is a saying: "They have eaten more salt than you have eaten rice"
Basically means that your elders have more experience than you.
True. But things change.
Generation gap much?