[littl3chocobo]

well i am only 23 but as someone who has actually done it(i was told to do it too by friends and family with good intentions and it fucked me over a lot) is still think safety should come first over freedom to a point

unless you go to school together or work together or something i am not sure how you could unless you could work on getting your own phone, keeping it to online or something. i cannot help you there since i am the sort to go cold-turkey just to be safe(i am an all or nothing person

there is one lovely thing though, when you do get out of their house they cannot do more than nag and my parents calmed down considerably after i left and did not talk to them for a while, it may not be your experience but it is possible