I have to agree with most everyone here. I'm 22 and I dropped out of high school my senior year but I've had a job since I turned 16. My mother never "gave" me anything for "free". She even kicked me out when I dropped out of school. I had to work for anything that I wanted or needed and I've thanked her for that now. I wouldn't be as responsible as I am now if she would have given me everything I wanted. I now have five kids and I've been married for 3 years in December. I love my mother for what she made me do. Some of these kids now have no Idea how easy they have it.