How do i get my parents to give me more freedom?

Wow..Could it be? You told my life story. First off let me explain something about the whole "party" and "freedom" deal. When teens go to unsupervised parties there is a lot of chaos that goes on. Your parents were teenagers once, im sure they are aware of this. Drinking, inappropriate "things" going on, drugs, etc. It happens. Your parents are shielding you which isn't a bad thing. In my opinion they are keeping you from things like parties to help keep you out of trouble. I mean lets say a cop heard of a underage party going on and decided to check it out and found a bunch of 16 year olds drinking. Just because you are there and not drinking doesnt mean you wont get in trouble. If you are there most likely you will be taken home by a cop. Most likely you, like many teens, dont want to be chained by mommy and daddy because your friends dont think its cool. I understand that, I went thru it myself. Having your parents take you to friends houses and picking you up, etc is only to ensure that you get home safely. And I understand 100% about your parents not trusting your friends parents. Not that this matters but I had a best friend my freshmen year whose father was a offender. My parents found out by one of their neighbors who was a cop. He saw my parents drop me off to spend the night and yeah... Lets just say that sleep over didnt happen. In life, you cant trust people. Everyone has some kind of sinful act up there sleeves whether they show it or not. You are complaining about your parents not giving you freedom now but read this.. I was supposed to go to a party and I was going to lie to my folks about it and it turns out that the very night I was supposed to go to this persons dorm someone was strangled to death due to everyone being drunk. Im just thinking.. "what if that person could have been me?". Your parents arent doing wrong by holding you back. You arent legal yet. Once you become legal then you have a problem. Sorry if I got off topic. I just have a bunch of similarities. Im 19 years old and I have the freedom of a 14 year old. I dont even have my license yet.. Pathetic? Yes.. My fault? No.. Parents don't like to see their kids grow up. Its natural. But then too there should be a limit to it. Im sorry your going thru what I went thru. Maybe it will get better with time and many birthdays to come.