My Family by Christina Sharon (India)

Like all other families, an Indian family is also filled with affection, warmth and love for the members. I live in a nuclear family with my father and mother and I do not have any brothers and sisters. Both my parents are working as teachers. We live in a flat which has a small balcony where I love to keep potted plants and taking care of these plants is my responsibility which I really love to do. Since both my parents are working so most of the time they are busy and hence I often get bored. But even in their busy schedule my parents so make sure to devote some quality time with me. My mom is a great cook and often on weekends she makes delicacies. We travel once or twice a year. We do not have any pets.
In India, being a teenager not only means freedom and liberty but it also means shouldering responsibility of your family, school and country. In India the life of a teenager differs from home to home. Well, in my home I being a teenager should study well and be and obedient person. The major decisions of my life our taken by my parents. For the bond of a parent and teenager to be healthy they must trust and have faith on each other. Similarly in my family, I have a healthy relation with my parents as I share every bit of my life with them and they also trust and have faith on me. 
Since teenage is an age to develop and have a share in the responsibilities. So even in my family, there are some chores which must be done like keeping the environment of the home neat and tidy, being a helping hand in the kitchen for your mom, taking care of plants, helping to buy groceries and placing them in the kitchen.
There are few moral values which I as a teenager am expected to follow:
 We must have respect for all.
 We must be kind and caring and be a helping hand for the needy.
 We should have a positive attitude if we are corrected and advised to grow spiritually.
 We should be grateful to our parents for their love and concern they have for us. 
My rights as a teenager are as follows:
 Right to be loved and accepted.
 Right to be appreciated and acknowledged for my little efforts.
 Right to education and to choose my career.
 Right to live in a healthy and morally sound atmosphere.
 Right to express my feelings.
This is a well said proverb : ‘An idle mind is a devil’s workshop.’ Teenage is a time where the mind is developing and it is easy to knowingly or unknowingly get indulged and involved in doing wrong things. So to put this mind for a healthy use one must develop some hobbies and activities to do in their leisure time. My hobbies include reading books, listening to music as it relaxes from the tensions of life, sometimes singing, and I also love to draw. So in all I am a creative person.
On the whole, the life of a teenager is both sweet and sour!