Not to brag, but I was an expert in hiding my high school relationships from my parents. I might not have been #1, but I was certainly in the top 25 for the Dallas-Fort Worth area. I didn’t tell them a single detail about the happenings of my dating life because I was terrified they would take that away from me. After all, they controlled where I drove, how many community theater productions I was allowed to do, and my curfew. Nothing indicated that they wouldn’t stop me from dating in high school if they really wanted to, so I kept my mouth shut and flew as under the radar as possible. This method helped me get away with totally innocuous, age-appropriate things, but it was also emotionally challenging to be so secretive. After all, what’s so wrong with a couple of teens dating each other? What’s there to make a fuss about?