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Originally Posted by fallsauce
I think my parents have the mentality that it's their money, they can do whatever they want with it, why should they give you money just because you're their kid? Whereas I think that because they willingly chose to raise a kid, they should be responsible for him/her financially until at least they have a job.
But it's selfishness either way you look at it.
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Selfishness on the part of the offspring, yes.
Your parents are responsible for you until you are age 18, and that's it. It's up to them to teach the offspring self-sufficiency, if they haven't, well they haven't done their job as a parent.
It's not the god-given right of an offspring to have a car, if tehy want one, they can go out and buy one, get a job to pay for it. If you want the car, you need to insure it, why on earth should the parents pay for the insurance on the car they the offspring doesnt need. Anyone who is out of high school, and lives at home and doesn't pay rent... Needs to do some serious evaluating of how responsible they are in their life. Parent's should ask for rent, it should be offered by the offspring.