How old do I have to be before I can get emancipated

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I'm about to turn 15 and I really want to move out or run away. I'm very responsible but I just feel like I can't stay here anymore. I always feel my parents don't like me. I never go out, party, have "bad" friends or do anything, they just pick on me for little things and seem to have a problem with everything I do. I don't feel emotionally connected with them, I'm just living with them. I don't have any normal friends they are all really religious because I'm homeschooled. I don't have anywhere to go.

My dad says I never listen to him and complains that I think everything he says is "only a suggestion". This is little stuff like, making me watch a movie with my family, or read the bible each day. I don't even do anything "bad" they're just nuts. Like, emotionally immature. It feels like I'm the adult here. But there isn't anywhere to go or anything to do.

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I'm about to turn 15 and I really want to move out or run away. I'm very responsible but I just feel like I can't stay here anymore. I always feel my parents don't like me. I never go out, party, have "bad" friends or do anything, they just pick on me for little things and seem to have a problem with everything I do. I don't feel emotionally connected with them, I'm just living with them. I don't have any normal friends they are all really religious because I'm homeschooled. I don't have anywhere to go.

My dad says I never listen to him and complains that I think everything he says is "only a suggestion". This is little stuff like, making me watch a movie with my family, or read the bible each day. I don't even do anything "bad" they're just nuts. Like, emotionally immature. It feels like I'm the adult here. But there isn't anywhere to go or anything to do.

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