Quote from: AmaGold70 on July 30, 2025, 10:38:24 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.

Every responsible child shouldn't wait for their parents to make these demands from them as long as they are working and earning money, this daughter is just being ridiculous and ungrateful. Contributing $75 to the house isn't the end of the world as it is even cheap compared to living alone, as an adult that is earning money it is only sensible to help your old parents lessen the weight of responsibility and make them feel relieved, it is so inappropriate to watch your parents @60yrs old still paying the bills at home alone for you @20/30yrs. Our parents have sacrificed a whole lot raising us and the only thing we can do for them is to do the same for them by helping with the bills if we still live under their roof. In my culture our parents don't ask us for rent and that's because we know exactly what to do and that's taking up some of the bills once we start earning.

Actually it is just that a common sense part for you as their children on which even though we arent that obligated but at least we do have that common sense on seeing on whats the current condition of your parents. If you do saw that they are that needing on help on something then it would be just that right that you should be having that support at least. Dont think about being that getting advantage or something like that. Come to think that you wont be able to reach out that kind of situation in life i it werent of your parents do the hard work while you are still young and been raising you all the way. We shouldnt be selfish and lets do our best on supporting or helping our parents as much as we can. Dont think about those other kids been trying out to elaborate that they arent that obligated to do so. Always be mindful and be grateful on what your parents have done into you and not just that thinking up with those things just because you dont like for you to help them up. Also, you are still at the house or under your parents and at the moment that you do have a job then you can help them out at least on the rent.

There are parents who do just that being silent but they are already that struggling into something. We are those parents that we dont like on making up some burden into our kids but as the one who had been living in together with your parents then it would be just that right that you should be that helping them at least or paying up the rent or whatever the expenses that you do have in your house. You are the ones will be at least having that kind of common sense on what are the things that is happening. You wont be that blind or numb enough on not to see about into those things which are happening. There are those situations that you do just becoming that too blind on whats happening around and thats why you do just that make it happen.