<prompt> Human: So Im 18 student and Im from a poor family. We dont receive welfare, but we just get by. I was qualified for the Pell Grant and I got more than 4,500. Which more than covers my semester at school I go to a technical college. It costs 1,700 this semester. Of course I told my parents how much I got, and my mother said that I will pay her 1,200 because of my books and gas to drive there everyday. I was already going to give here 400 for my books. I dont think that I should give her the 1,200 my parents are not good with money and they will just waste it. I would use the money for my next few semesters, gas, and trying to move out. I tried to explain this to them. They tried to say that I owe them at least 2,200 in total and that Im getting a deal to only pay 1,200. I want to keep the money hidden but its almost impossible that they will forget about it... What should I do?TL;DR: I got 4500, school -1700, parents want 2200 they are irresponsible with . I want to use it for more schoolgasmoving. Trying to guilt me to think I owe more.Assistant: Stop telling your parents how much money you have. It almost never leads to anything good, whether its them asking you to pay them 1200 or saying I know how much you make, you cancant afford xHuman: I realize now not to tell them how much I got but hindsight is 2020  <response>: Remember, never again. Not many things breed more problems than being the highest earner in your family. I would only ever talk about money with people who have a verifiable amount much more than you do. 