I'm 15 I know I'm mature enough for my age to be able to go shopping all by myself with parents or friends. The problem is would people find that strange? And the weirder thing about it is that people think I look like a 12 or 13 year old when really I'm 15 since I'm a bit small for my age and I look really young but I'm actually in high school but people think I look like I'm still in middle school. So do you think it would be weird to see a 15 year old girl (who looks 13) go shopping buying things all by herself?

If you say you look younger, then yes, I would find it innapropriate for your mom to let you shop by yourself. How would you account for no creditability in stores dealing with clerks?

If if you are asking because your mom said no, then I agree with her. She would know your maturity level better then anyone.

Are you street-proof? Are you aware of the pitfalls associated with going to stores by yourself ?

What is the REAL reason you want to do this on your own ?

I don't know that I would call it weird but I think it is unsafe. At your age I shopped with my sister or friends and our moms pcked us up right at the door to the mall. But I would consider too how mature your friends are, and what the atmosphere is at the mall. There are malls I wouldn't go to today by myself and I'm 50!

It it isn't that I wouldn't trust you, but that in every community there are people like registered sex offenders and those not caught yet, looking for an Chance and a victim. A teen girl alone is just not a good idea for your safety. So go with friends or your mom or sister or Dad or an aunt and stick together. Consider that these people go where they expect to find victims - teen girls like to be at the mall, amusement parks, Skating rinks and so on - so you need to be very aware and very concerned in these places and be ultra safe about it.

Actually, my mom is okay with me going by myself as long as I be careful and don't talk to strangers and always bring my phone with me in case of anything and so on.

Also, just because I look younger than I am doesn't mean I am that age and I have heard of 13 year old shopping at malls by themselves before just nervous of doing it myself.

And I want to go shopping alone because I get to spend more times in the stores that I like. If I'm going with my mom or with friends we usually spend like up to 10-15 minutes in that store and leave and I want to take my time shopping.

I guess how often do you go shopping just with friends, not with parents. My 12 year old son, travels the city and shops all by his self all the time. It can also depend on how mature you really are and how you behave.

Why would store people think anything, they are not paid to think, and why would you care if they do? What do you, and what you are allowed to do, is between you and your parents.

I think at age 15, you should already have been mature enough to shop on your own. In a year, you can work in stores. It actually seems odd to me that you have not gone on your own.

Which makes me think that it is maybe a confidence thing.

Why not start by going to the mall on your own, after asking your mom to drop you off, and pick you up at a certain time. Know your exits. That was one of the rules I had for my kids. As you become more comfortable shopping on your own, increase the time you are at the mall. But, at your age, you should be home from a mall before dark, particularly if you are on your own, or decide to take a bus home.

My kids shopped younger than you, but only together, and I was in the mall, just not with them, for a certain amount of time. Normally we would meet up for lunch, then head home.

I know with my own, they enjoyed their little bit of independence, and were careful not to lose the privilege of shopping on their own. I do remember seeing much younger children on their own, and thought that was dangerous and inappropriate. But, at your age, you should be ready to go on your own.

Yeah I'm actually am mature enough to be able to shop on my own
Actually I have done it before but only in stores like dollar tree and never shopped alone in the mall. I just don't like it when I buy something and I'm scared the cashier will think "why is she buying this alone" or "where are her parents/is she buying this without her parents knowing" I just don't want them to think I'm that bad kid who goes out and buys stuff without her parents knowing

Yes, a serious confidence issue. While I have not lived in America for a long time, parents used to drop off their 12 and 13 year old kids at the mall all the time and go do something else.

Again who really cares what a store worker thinks? And no, the worker will think, "god, another customer, I am so tired, I wish I was at home" or perhaps, I wonder if I can sell them anything else. And make a higher commission today.

If you need them to think something, they may just think your friends or parents are in a store nearby.

I may suggest, going to the mall with your parents, and then let them go one way, and you another. That way, if you get an scared, they will be close. But no, as I said earlier, my son will ride his scooter (electric) 5 or 10 miles into town, shop, eat out and do what ever he wants all day.