What are your thoughts about this mother making her newly high school graduated daughter pay rent while actively searching for job and going to college this fall?
Me, personally, if my son or daughter is actively searching for work and already enrolled and starting school in the fall, I would cut them some slack and whatever money they earn is for stuff they can buy on their own. And with the job market being terrible at the moment, I don't expect them getting hired right away; heck, I'm 29, got laid off last November and I can't even find a job. I also live on my own.
What perturbs me is that she expects her daughter to pay her whatever she gets in financial aid and loans. To me, that is a HUGE NO because her aid is based on her parents income; she may get some of the Pell grant or nothing. And with federal loans going through changes after July 1st because of the OBBB, she is going to have to pay a lot back per month.
And what I find extreme is that she took her daughter's room away and makes her sleep on the couch. I can sense five years from now, this mother will make a "my daughter cut all contact with me after giving her a life I wanted for her!"
Per the title. What are your thoughts?
