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Re: Is it Ideal for parents to demand rent from their child who stays with them?
by
2Pizza410000BTC
on 18/07/2025, 21:31:34 UTC
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.
Parents make the ultimate sacrifice to raise their children, a sacrifice that no one else can make. When the child grows up and does something, the child will definitely earn money for his parents because with his money something can be backed up. And every child should keep his parents happy and help in any work. Here, if a child gives his parents some money every month, then with that money the parents can manage something well and live happily and peacefully.

What I mean is that even if the parents have no demands, every child should give all the money they earn to their parents every month. If all the money can be given to the parents, then the parents will be very happy and may even return the entire amount of the parents' money to the child because the parents are never overly greedy towards their children.