Quote from: Fortify on September 09, 2024, 04:12:00 PM

Quote from: Accardo on August 22, 2024, 01:45:41 PM

My question stems from a 2023 article of a woman who charged her daughter $75 per month to add to their bills since she now works.

Generally, working-class children who stay with their parents do so to be able to save up enough money to start a fresh journey in life. Although it's still cheap to contribute to the bills like paying rent, buying groceries, etc compared to when they live outside their parent's house. But, young people like the girl in the article find it outrageous. Going through the article I saw responses from parents who admit they do the same thing. Do you think it's fine as a parent to demand bills such as rent from your working-class child because s/he stays in your house?

https://www.boredpanda.com/daughter-angry-mom-increases-contribution-to-bills/

N/B: this thread is not exactly what happened in the article above.

It's a good lesson in life that nothing is free, but most parents are usually willing to make extra sacrifices for their children and support them while they're still in their twenties or even thirties. There is a stigma against people living with their parents at that age in some cultures but with cost of living pressures becoming more prevalent, you're going to see the amount of people relying on this go up. Making a contribution when they are earning is fair, but they maybe shouldn't expect to pay market rates at least early on in life if staying with family.

With the current economic pressure that is dealing with everyone irrespective of class I think there are certain soci-cultural attitudes and way of life that is necessary for people to not accommodate so as not to put themselves under undue pressures. I particularly see no fault in anyone still living in their parents house as long as there is a space for them and for the moment he/she hasn't gotten a good job that they can use to start living on their own than going outside struggling with rent bills when they are not financial strong.