Is it normal to act different around your parents than around your friend/school, etc...?

Question

I know tons of people who do it but does it ever change, i'm almost 17 and around my parents ever since I was little i've never been able to be myself i've always been quiet and really serious and obediant but at school i'm usually class clown and really obnoxious. My parents know nothing of this sense of humor should I be ashamed....

I mean I can't just randomly start being myself now they will prob. think i'm just showing off or something and it would not work...but will this ever change? My parents think that bc of the way I act at home I have like barely any friends and i'm a big loser when really not to boast but most people would beg to differ on that one...i'm a really friendly guy who is anything but serious...idk I feel kinda bad for this but everytime I try and be myself around them they think i'm trying to be like my brother or that I'm just showing off...lol what should I do does this ever stop???

is this common for people my age??

Answer 1

I would say 99% of kids act different around their parents. It's normal.

Answer 2

no sh*t

Answer 3

yes

Answer 4

of course this is common around your age. maybe you can get your friends to prove that you're not like this? oh say.. INVITE THEM OVER?

Answer 5

yeah, this is common.

for me, i'm more crazy around my parents.

and i'm crazy around my friends, but not as much.

Answer 6

I was quite and serious at my home and more outgoing in school.  In looking back I am now who I was then.  When I grew up I was able to be myself because I became an adult and you loose being afraid of disrespecting your family.  I think most of the time it's just out of respect.  It happens slowly that they get to know the real you becaue in a sense we are barely getting to know ourselves at that age.  don't worry to much about it but feel free to be more like yourself regardless of the funny looks because you wouldn't want to fell repressed...

Answer 7

Its just like me...

im quiet and reserved around my parents and a total goofball around my firends...its totally normal.