Originally posted by PonyOne
...and hell, my parents haven't been behind me since I was 13 anyway...

People tend to take a lot of these things for granted.
You know how Buddha became what he became?
Legend has it he was some protected prince living in some palace.Until he sneaked out and saw what was going on in the real world.
If it wasn't Buddha,it was some founder of a certain religion or religious doctrine or something.