Alright, so I'm a teenager.
I like to think I'm a fairly responsible one. I have a 4.0 in school, I have held down a part time job for a year now, I'm a member of numerous community service groups, well respected among my peers and our general community, yadada..
I have a fairly large personal savings, and recently I have taken an interest in Bearded Dragons. My parents are flamboyantly herpaphobic, but I figured that they might be able to look past that with some convincing. I wrote a 10 page essay on Beardie husbandry, and gave them a very large presentation on it. I seriously tried to prove to them that I knew what I was talking about. But my mother still will not allow it because she "thinks they're gross" and "doesn't want them in the house because she doesn't like them".
I'm at wit's ends.. I'm not asking for their help at all - I'm willing and ready to take all of the financial and physical burdens. There's no reason for their continued denying of my request other than their irrational fear of reptiles.
I feel that there's a lot worse things that a teenager could want to do compared to owning a reptile.
Any ideas on how I can convince them to at least tolerate a Beardie's presence?
I like to think I'm a fairly responsible one. I have a 4.0 in school, I have held down a part time job for a year now, I'm a member of numerous community service groups, well respected among my peers and our general community, yadada..
I have a fairly large personal savings, and recently I have taken an interest in Bearded Dragons. My parents are flamboyantly herpaphobic, but I figured that they might be able to look past that with some convincing. I wrote a 10 page essay on Beardie husbandry, and gave them a very large presentation on it. I seriously tried to prove to them that I knew what I was talking about. But my mother still will not allow it because she "thinks they're gross" and "doesn't want them in the house because she doesn't like them".
I'm at wit's ends.. I'm not asking for their help at all - I'm willing and ready to take all of the financial and physical burdens. There's no reason for their continued denying of my request other than their irrational fear of reptiles.
I feel that there's a lot worse things that a teenager could want to do compared to owning a reptile.
Any ideas on how I can convince them to at least tolerate a Beardie's presence?