How to tell my parents that I'm not grounded?

i guess apologize for your actions and come to a negotiation since you have so many responsibilities.

you have car, most 17 years old don't. if you bought it and paid for it that's very rare as well but if you didn't your mom is probably feeling like that is only a privilege to have and must use it as punishment. but having a job would only make it harder for you to get to work so you will need your car and phone as you said.

come to a thought, peaceful, negotiation with her and see what punishment can fit your schedule

Get over it. maybe you should be more mature and stand there and talk to your mom instead of running away. So what if you cant handle conflict, how do you expect to handle things when your out of school working and on uour own personally you deserve to have all that taken away. You should be more respectful. And if ypu don't own the car, pay for your phone or any of that then there's not a things you can do about it. who cares if your captain of all those things and babysit and whatnot. You still disrespected your mom by leaving. Maybe you should think about these things before being a drama queen.

I'm sorry! :( That sucks BAD. Instead of telling her you don't accept being grounded, try to reason with her. Tell her that you're sorry for disrespecting her (even if you didn't/aren't). Also, tell her it won't happen again. Then explain that you have a job and responsibilities such as dance team, soccer, babysitting, and say you really need your phone and car in order to fulfill these responsibilities. If you think it'd be easier, try emailing her.

Maybe you should accept your punishment and stop thinking that you're the center of the universe.

If your life is so damn important, get a plan that only allows a certain amount if calls or here's another shocker! Use the home phone! Wow!

Uh, well, maybe if you hadn't LEFT the house you wouldn't have gotten punished as badly as you did. You did what you did so you have to suffer the consequences. Sorry, but that's the way life works.

If someone fires you you're going to tell them you're not fired? If you can't do the time, don't do the crime.

Your under 18, there really isn't anything you can do.

If your parents grounded you, you can't just tell them you're not grounded. It doesn't just work like that.

Just tell her that you need all the things that she's trying to take away from you.