Something that you have to do your self or to rely on yourself and not other people!
At some point a teenager must demonstrate self reliance in order to be trusted with more privileges.
Watch "The Simple Life", it's a TV sitcom about a couple trying to become self reliant. I'm sure it's probably out there for nothing somewhere.
Self-reliance means one does not have to rely on others for help and instead, one turns to one's own resourcefulness to solve a problem. In a society in which problems are solved by an entity, the...
exposition in the turning point in the story.