I need help with my parents
 

i know this sounds stupid but i really need to talk to someone about issues with my family. it is probably unreasonable on my part but i think that doing "upkeep" on the house (ie. cleaning kitchen, mowing lawn, stuff like that) for no money is wrong. im not old enough to get a job just yet and therefore have no source of income. what should i do?

I think it's time to lose the "Sifu" and wash the dishes...

but i am called sifu owen by my pupils to show respect to my rank. btw i do the dishes, i just dont get paid

Fair enough, good response!

thanks, do you have any advice on what i should do tho?

I know it's nice to see a monetary incentive for household chores, but think of the economics of it in a different way.

How much money do your parents outlay for you as it is, in terms of paying for your food, the electricity and water you use, your internet, etc? Yes, they have a parental responsibility to you for bringing you into the world, but arguments can be made (yay Confucianism) for your own necessary filial piety in return. It isn't like slavery where you do things for them and get nothing, or bare subsistence, in return (or at least I assume not).

Money would be nice. But you aren't exactly getting the shaft at the moment, either.

very true. ive taken accord the ammount of money they put into feeding me and such, and it comes to about 50 bucks a month. ( im "accessing" my neighbors wireless internet on my psp because we dont have internet) so yeah it kind of evens out, but a little $ would be nice

Have you tried putting it to them that you're too young for a job, and anyway, don't want it to get in the way of your school work, but you want some money of your own so you can have fun with your friends/save (whatever it is you want it for) and it would be a good way of learning to handle money before you have to 'go it alone'? Also tell them you're willing to work for it, with your chores.

Wow, you spend less than $2 a day for food and stuff? When's the last time you had a Big Mac?

yeah i tried all that already. none of it worked.

2004 : (
its so depressing. im a really shitty cook too. idk when they made me cook my own meals, so 4 days a week i have ramen

They make you cook your own meals, your fifteen and don't get pocket money? Why not some kind of unofficial job, like walking neighbours dogs or something?

all of my neighbors are old nasty people who have no pets and are obsessed with their lawns

And apparently you don't wear clothes or shoes or require heating or use toilet paper or use elastic-trickery or get driven anywhere or have furniture in your bedroom or use bed linen or use soap or any of the thousands of other things most parents provide there kids.

Question: Do they provide you with any pocket money at all?

Wash you neighbour cars. If some enterprising kid offered that round here I'd pay up.

If you've tried all the reasonable avenues like discussing it with your parents and such and are still not having any luck then it sounds like your only option is to get yourself a part time job.
You say all your neighbours are old and obsessed with their lawns? Why not offer to mow their lawns for cash? If you can show that you are good at it then you should have a good customer base in no time, especially if you are cheaper than getting in some other company.

Now I think I understand why you went to China....http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo.../confused2.gif

no they wont let me or my dog go anywhere near their lawns. they all mow their own and most of them have collector cars that i cant touch. and btw all those necesaties only need to be replaced about once a year, so that doesnt count very much

well that and to go train in the south shaolin temple for a year, then live with my uncle. just got back to the states yesterday actually its good to be back. ( oh and when i said i havent had a big mac in 3 years, i said nothing about having a mega mac : P )

Okay, if you're CAPABLE of eating one of those foul things, I'm officially out of this thread. :-p

it was truly an experience