The most dangerous things I did was one time I drve the car before I was licensed and I had no experience driving. I was pressured by my boyfriend to do it. I went out of my lane on a curve and was very lucky I did not crash into oncoming traffic. The other thing was driving downtown on my own and walking from the parking garage to a club by myself. But, my parents didn’t allow me to do those things.
My parents were quite liberal and trusting of me, and overall I was trustworthy. I didn’t drink or get high, and most of the time used good judgement.
As far as whether my parents made some mistakes in general, which is at first what I thought this Q was about until I read the details, they certainly could have probably done some things better. Probably more emphasis on schoolwork and working at something would have helped. And, more encouragement to pursue the things I enjoyed in a more thorough way. Also, our house became very messy once I hit my teens and that was a problem; a bigger problem than you might think. My parents fought a lot also, We used to wish they would get divorced to bring some calm to the house.