Fear of growing up

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Im 15 and my parents want me to grow up and "act my age". I still like kids movies, going to the park, playing on the play ground, my friends are 4th and 5th graders at school, I don't care what others think of my actions in public. Im like a little kid in a 15 year old body. I act more my age then other kids my age sometimes also. As much as I want to grow up and stuff I don't want it to mean I can never have fun, like grown ups. And some times my mom treats me like a grown up when she calls me when shes not home and tells me to make dinner or says I can drive the car. Other times if she sees me playing like a kid she won't let me do any of that stuff. And what if because of being an aspie I will never be able to grow up? What if I can never do anything by myself?

I didn't want to grow up either when I was a kid. Then I wanted to eventually. Fortunately I matured because I wanted a job at age 15 and my parents wouldn't let me, I wanted to drive and then I wanted to live on my own when I was 16 but couldn't afford it then. I had no income.