I like to think of myself as "in my right mind," and you bet your ass that my kids are going to be giving back to the household in a few years as soon as they are able. I find it bizarre that this is somehow outrageous to you.

Where I live, kids are expected to help with the home work around or before age 10. Then chores, including outdoor work, including outdoor charity work for the neighbors and the elderly, around 10-12. As soon as they can find outside work, they do, and it would be retarded for a 14, 15, 16-year-old to have control over their own finances, or for all of their income to be their own, while all their food, health, education, and shelter is still being subsidized by mom and dad.

When they're old enough to start thinking about a car, they'll pay part or hopefully most of it, if not all. If they go to post-secondary, their expenses are their problem, minus whatever we've socked away in accounts for tuition (which they've contributed to).

This is not a quinceanera pretty prince-and-princess culture. We don't raise Little Lord Fauntelroys who go away to faggot college so they can live childless adult lives in a faraway City drinking craft IPAs and boba, eating bibimbap, sitting behind a desk sending emails to other indoor cats all their lives, thus ending family lines.

I like to think of myself as "in my right mind," and you bet your ass that my kids are going to be giving back to the household in a few years as soon as they are able. I find it bizarre that this is somehow outrageous to you.

Where I live, kids are expected to help with the home work around or before age 10. Then chores, including outdoor work, including outdoor charity work for the neighbors and the elderly, around 10-12. As soon as they can find outside work, they do, and it would be retarded for a 14, 15, 16-year-old to have control over their own finances, or for all of their income to be their own, while all their food, health, education, and shelter is still being subsidized by mom and dad.

When they're old enough to start thinking about a car, they'll pay part or hopefully most of it, if not all. If they go to post-secondary, their expenses are their problem, minus whatever we've socked away in accounts for tuition (which they've contributed to).

This is not a quinceanera pretty prince-and-princess culture.

I like to think of myself as "in my right mind," and you bet your ass that my kids are going to be giving back to the household in a few years as soon as they are able. I find it bizarre that this is somehow outrageous to you.

Where I live, kids are expected to help with the home work around or before age 10. Then chores, including outdoor work, including outdoor charity work for the neighbors and the elderly, around 10-12. As soon as they can find outside work, they do, and it would be retarded for a 14, 15, 16-year-old to have control over their own finances, or for all of their income to be their own, while all their food, health, education, and shelter is still being subsidized by mom and dad.

When they're old enough to start thinking about a car, they'll pay part or hopefully most of it, if not all.

This is not a quinceanera pretty prince-and-princess culture.