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>From: xgrigoryrasputin

>...NEWS FLASH...this loan company
>just went out of business....AHHHHHHHHHHHH...that felt good...thank you for
>letting me vent....betts
>
>

Awesome rant!  Mine is not that age....yet, but I do know many teens that
behave that way.  I guess it's an "I am entitled to it" kind of mentality.  I
would love to blame society, schools, the gov't, etc for this mentality, but I
think it's just a "teen thing".  When I was 18, I started a full time job at a
daycare and went to full time night school at the local college.  While my
parents said I could live at home rent free (with some rules applied) I would
have to pay for a car, insurance, books, supplies, etc.  I had a full time
boyfriend as well.  Damn I was a busy girl!  I worked monday-friday 9:00 am to
6:30 pm.  went to school Mon-thur 7:30-10:00 pm...somehow did homework, paid my
bills, saw my boyfriend and managed to be part of the family.  Once I started
working I never asked for $$ again.  I don't know if my parents made that clear
to me, or if I just felt I was "grown up" enough not to ask.  On the other hand
I had many friends at that time that were "mooching" off mom and dad.  Most of
the parents finally just gave a deadline and ultimatum.  They either paid
rent..on a regular basis or got their act together!  You might try leveling
with the kids about how stressful it is to have so many "adults" in one home
and not enough $ to go around.  Give them time limits....who knows...maybe they
will start saying "uh thanks!" more often rather than have to go live on their
own. =)