answer:Homework without someone checking: show your parents your next report card. That’s the only way you can convince them (unless you get some tests back from particular subjects? That could potentially work as well.) Ask to serve breakfast over the weekend for the family. Wager that if you can serve a meal without burning a single piece, you should be okay cooking breakfast without someone hovering over you. This one is more understandable to me though – my older brother (24) still burns something ever now and then. The kitchen survived, but not his meal. Laundry? That’s a bit much. They should be happy you want to do your own laundry. Maybe if you offer to do the towels or linens as well, they’ll let you have a bit more privacy? Some parents simply worry more than others. It’s not that they think you are incompetent at performing these tasks. Ask them to sit down with you and have a discussion about giving you some more responsibility. Verbally walk through specific tasks (such as doing the laundry) to prove that you know how to do them on your own already. Ask for a little bit more responsibility at a time. They will see that you are becoming more mature, especially if you take the initiative to open discussion with them. It won’t always work. My mum still thinks I don’t know how to use the dryer. I’ve been using it forever.