Adult children paying rent
- Thread starter Dedee
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Does she pay you for your day care services?
No. She pays for daycare during the day. I take care of her evenings and weekends.
aps45819
24/7 Single Dad
Why?
ashliekay711
New Member
my parents had me pay $100 dollars a month just to teach me some responsiblity...i hated it at the time but it did teach me responsibility
lovinmaryland
Well-Known Member
Do you think you could completly support yourself on 9 or 10 $ an hr. I told my son that he needed to get a part time job too.
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luckystar
Guest
So I take it they're in school as well?
Is she out playing with her friends at those times?
Chasey_Lane
Salt Life
Do what you feel is right. You'll hear lots of opinions on here, mostly against it. Personally I don't feel it's worth getting upset over. After all, they are your family. Enjoy your time w/them and your grandchildren.
Larry Gude
Strung Out
Make $9, take home $7, that's take home about $1200 from job #1. Rent of $700 or so, $100 for gas, older paid off car, $100 for insurance, $200 for food, $100 left over for cloths, cell phone, etc.
Job #2, figure Saturdays plus 2 hours a day during the week, so, that's another 72 hours a week, take home $7 or so, that's another $500.
It can be done.
Do what you feel is right. You'll hear lots of opinions on here, mostly against it. Personally I don't feel it's worth getting upset over. After all, they are your family. Enjoy your time w/them and your grandchildren.
Thanks!
My son is not going to school. He needs to get a part time job with the one that he already has.
My main problem is that my husband,their stepfather, thinks they should pay.
aps45819
24/7 Single Dad
The question was why does your child only earn $10 an hour?
... and no I couldn't support myself on that. That's why I developed skill to increase my value to an employer. The best career move I ever made was to become an Electronics Technician in the U.S.Navy. I think there is a recruiter in the area.
Larry Gude
Strung Out
Now, there's an idea!
libertytyranny
Dream Stealer
With no school..9 or 10 is all you can expect. My mother would gladly let me live at home rent free while in college..but I didn't need to. Senior year I moved out on my own and supported myself. I didnt turn my heat on in the winter and I went to the food auction and didnt eat beef unless i went to moms for dinner..it can be done. Now that I am out I have a degree which is the key to making more than 10$ and hour. I have friends that never did anything with themselves and have min wage jobs still live at home etc..and they always will until they decide to go to school, get a certificate, or join the military. paying a small sum for rent does nothing because in the real world rent is not 100 a month. you wanna help? help them fill out a FAFSA.
Godblesdon1218
New Member
My son wants to pay rent
My son gives money towards the rent. I dont have to completely argue about it because he knows that I have to take care of a baby and work. My baby requires special care. When my son decided that he wanted to get his GED and be an adult, then I told him he had to work and pay rent. If you dont teach them this when they are young, then they will not be able to make it on their own. I still clean his room though. I know its stupid, I just like a clean house and I wash his clothes and cook so this is included in the rent.
My son gives money towards the rent. I dont have to completely argue about it because he knows that I have to take care of a baby and work. My baby requires special care. When my son decided that he wanted to get his GED and be an adult, then I told him he had to work and pay rent. If you dont teach them this when they are young, then they will not be able to make it on their own. I still clean his room though. I know its stupid, I just like a clean house and I wash his clothes and cook so this is included in the rent.
Velocity26
New Member
I see future Obamamites in the making. Let the govt. take care of them since they failed to plan for themselves.
A friend of mine had to start paying a small amount of rent after we graduated from high school. She lived with her parents until she bought her own place, at which time her parents gave her the keys to the fat bank account they'd been saving her "rent" money in. I always wished my parents had made me pay fake rent.
My mom did pretty much the exact same thing except she told me that she was going to be saving the money. I was working full time, going to school part time, and mom said "Live under my roof and you pay $200 a month rent." It was a great deal. I didn't have to pay utilities, food, or anything like that. Between the monthly "rent" and what else I was able to save up, I was able to put a nice down payment on my house.