My parents make me do the bills at age 13?!

[Clownfish]

you live in their house
you eat their food
you don't pay rent
you are cared for if you get sick
don't loving whine

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[Scout31]

How dare your parents ask you to do something in return for putting a roof over your head, putting food on the table, and giving you an education. How absurd. Life is so unfair that you have to some paperwork and basic arithmetic in exchange for a stable life in a first-world country.

[Daswiruch]

What's there even to explain? He never asked for anything to be explained. He's learning life skills and he's complaining about it.

he wants to know why his parents are effectively forcing him to do this and if any other kids his age have to do their parents' jobs
i just googled 'how to do bills' and the first result was a guide
he's 13, not 17. it's a skill that he doesn't need to learn right now and will forget it in a year or two anyways

How dare your parents ask you to do something in return for putting a roof over your head, putting food on the table, and giving you an education. How absurd. Life is so unfair that you have to some paperwork and basic arithmetic in exchange for a stable life in a first-world country.

you live in their house
you eat their food
you don't pay rent
you are cared for if you get sick
don't loving whine

he doesn't owe his parents jack stuff for them following the law (see: neglect and truancy)
it was their choice to bring him into this world, not his and now they have to take care of what they put out

[Headcrab Zombie]

i kind of get the whole "they're teaching you a valuable skill" argument
but i don't really see it as a "skill"
i mean, i have bills
i have x payment due by x date, and y payment due by y date
so, I pay x payment by x date and y payment by y date
and that's that
i wouldn't really call that a "skill"

How dare your parents ask you to do something in return for putting a roof over your head, putting food on the table, and giving you an education.

this is a valid point tho

he doesn't owe his parents jack stuff for them following the law (see: neglect and truancy)
it was their choice to bring him into this world, not his and now they have to take care of what they put out

lol

[DaSord213]

Your family is giving you a responsibility in the family business, and it's a fairly serious responsibility, at that. It shows they obviously think you're mature enough to handle it.

You should honestly be happy they find you mature and responsible enough to handle the business bills, yes it's tedious but it will give you important skills later in life and make it easier for you to get a job later as well.

I started working at our family business, and getting paid, at 12, but I worked unpaid there since it opened when I was 8. It was usually only $20 a day or less, but now I have the luxury of having a decent paying job with no stress of fearing I'm going to lose it.

[Clownfish]

he's 13, not 17. it's a skill that he doesn't need to learn right now and will forget it in a year or two anywayshe doesn't owe his parents jack stuff for them following the law (see: neglect and truancy)
it was their choice to bring him into this world, not his and now they have to take care of what they put out

I manage the litterbox of a cat and two rabbits of the seven, I feed all seven of those rabbits and the cat, I mow the lawn, and I take out the trash
If he's whining about having to do bills once a week he needs to grow up

[Daswiruch]

I manage the litterbox of a cat and two rabbits of the seven, I feed all seven of those rabbits and the cat, I mow the lawn, and I take out the trash
If he's whining about having to do bills once a week he needs to grow up

so everyone's life is the same as yours?

[Scout31]

he doesn't owe his parents jack stuff for them following the law (see: neglect and truancy)
it was their choice to bring him into this world, not his and now they have to take care of what they put out

Well that's particularly ignorant. I'm not sure where your sense of entitlement is from, but some people believe in this principle known as respect. It takes a little bit of maturity to understand.

[Clownfish]

so everyone's life is the same as yours?

tell me where I said this
I said I do plenty of work without whining and he can't even handle doing bills once a week
god damn it feels like everybody replies to me with this same quote

[Red Spy]

he doesn't owe his parents jack stuff for them following the law (see: neglect and truancy)

So he doesn't owe his parents jack stuff for not letting him die?

[Zloff]

my credit union has  some auto-pay feature for bills so i literally have to do nothing but set it up for the first time and make money

by the time he has his own bills to pay I'm sure everyone will have auto-pay features with their bank, so i wouldn't say it's a useful skill, but the fact that he's taking a small load off his parents by doing the bills for them is what really matters

[Daswiruch]

Well that's particularly ignorant. I'm not sure where your sense of entitlement is from, but some people believe in this principle known as respect. It takes a little bit of maturity to understand.

how are his parents earning his respect?
so far i've heard that they
or are you implying that respect is to be given out like candy on halloween and not earned?

tell me where I said this

I said I do plenty of work without whining and he can't even handle doing bills once a week

So he doesn't owe his parents jack stuff for not letting him die?

yep
it was their choice, not his

[RedGajin]

he doesn't need to learn right now and will forget it in a year or two anywayshe doesn't owe his parents jack stuff for them following the law (see: neglect and truancy)
it was their choice to bring him into this world, not his and now they have to take care of what they put out

wow i just got a window into what kindve child you are lmao

[Daswiruch]

wow i just got a window into what kindve child you are lmao

one that makes their own way and doesn't let their parents push them around?

[Red Spy]

yep
it was their choice, not his

"You've taken care of me for my entire life but you don't deserve anything in return because it wasn't my choice to be born"