To any person who has the mother of guilt trips, you will know exactly how it feels. There are key lines for us dependants to know when it is a good time to be quiet and go away. These are said with resent; yes, one of the many feelings that do not belong persay, in a healthy relationship. So comon is it that the youth resents the parent for banning them to go to the last Police concert ever because it was on a tuesday, that we seem to forget that resentment comes the other way too.

Sure, Ma and Pa had a hard life maybe, the strap, walking to school, ultra-religious upbrinings. The fact remains though, they decided to have kids, and they need to deal with it. In North America the culture is that of independance, 18 is that magical age where suddenly you are suposed to have graduated and moved out and gotten on with life. Many cultures see this as neglectful of the parents, and I do too. 

This is why: 

The expense of living in saskatchewan currently meets the minimum wage say the statistical people, and it's true, if you base your diet on some generic bread from the specials section and get your clothes from the bags people dump at the salvation army before they're open. If I worked 40 hrs a week serving coffe or something i would make 8 x 160hrs= 1280 - tax and deductables ( for me 30%) =896$.                           Did you notice, $8 is not even the minimum wage, and full time employement, well, can be hard to find.In Saskatoon, 520 bucks will get you a bacholor suit for a month with heat power and a parking space (not that you can afford a car) Okay so your 896 is now 376. Your bus pass costs 61 bucks, you now have 315 for student loan payments, food, and socks and soap if you are lucky.

Not only that, but our out the door ideals can create resentment for the kid who's still home after age 17.

Resentment comes from lots of sources, not having such a surplus of money as to comfortably cover all the parents wants is only one. Step-parents are most dreaded by us youth because of the resentment they instill in their own parents toward the youth, ex: "she never does anything for us, why should you have to pay for her socks, why can't they just get a job, the electic bill is high because of her, why should we limit our plans to to make things easier for her. 

So, what to do about all this?

Well you can tell your ma and or pa to "Suck it up! you knew you'd have to take care of us when you made the choice to allow cenception" but they will likely just get defensive. I know my solution is to blog about it and try not to resent them back, but thats because my mom would go "apeshit" on me and her boyfriend would see it as an excellent oppertunity to vent how much of a pesculance I am and they would double team it till I "ran away" to get away from the inense negitivity of the situation.

I have no advice to you, I only know to run, duck, and cover.