<prompt> Human: My family is in about 5,000 in dept. This happened as a result of the 2008 recession. We are a family of five but only three of us work. I am 17 work minimum wage job about 20 hours a week so I get paid about 9k a year. My dad works full time and averages about 49k a year.My mom does not work and my two sisters will soon move out one is expecting and the other has not had a stable job in months and cannot be counted on. We pay about 2,000 in bills each month.What should I do to help? What can we do?How can I talk about it with my dad? He does not like to talk about the debtI will soon need money for college... I lack motivation in school I have like a 2.75 GPA which means almost no help from scholarships. Please help us!Thank you guys for the help!  <response>: GPA. Your most important task is your Education, and only you can do something about that. 