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Old 09-06-2008, 07:09 AM   #14 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by thingstodo View Post
My kids were welcome in my home as long as they were going to school full time. They had to cover their own vehicle expenses but I helped in the beginning. I agreed to reimburse their college expenses at the end of each semester provided they made a B in their classes - and that was for ANY college they were able to get into regardless of how much I had to mortgage to pay for it. That meant they didn't need to work so they could focus on school.
This is how it worked in my family--my brother got some slack because of extenuating circumstances, but even with him there was the expectation that he had to be going to community college, even part-time.

To the OP: if you sister is a healthy, functioning 16-year-old, she has no right to expect your parents to support her if she took it upon herself to leave their house.
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