<prompt> Human: Im 22yo and planning on graduating this December. Neither of my parents have had a steady job for a while - dad lives by himself in another town I think he makes enough to cover himself and I seriously hope there are no debts, mom with my little sister and I near school we attend. For couple years weve been scraping with me my sisters part time jobs and my moms EI. Now that my dad is almost 60 and mom early 50s, I really dont see them making major income in future, and they dont have any retirement savings or major assets. theyre neither uneducated nor are they unreasonable spenders, they just made some bad investment and career decisions which includes sending their kids to expensive university! led us here.Since my parents cant make income and dont have any major assets Im expected to feed the family once I graduate. I wish I could say Im not bitter over it, but the university life and the early 20s I imagined are far from reality. I still secretly wish to die whenever I hear You STILL live with your parents? Anyway, I realistically expect to make 40k salary once I graduate Canada. What would be a reasonable amount to send to my parents each month? Notice my parents live separately and my mom still has to support my sister for few years.Also, if you have any advice on how to mentally prepare yourself for a situation like this, please send them this way. I feel like Im still mentally in a denial over our financial situations, and whenever I look at other peoples tax slips and stock portfolio I do taxes during tax season I feel like jumping out the window.  <response>: I want to add something to what I said in rFrugal I still secretly wish to die whenever I hear You STILL live with your parents?One of these days, feel free to tell someone who says this to fuck off. Tell them, as calmly as possible, that your parents need your help and support and youre proudly inheriting a responsibility usually reserved for people over a decade older than you are.Also, even if your parents get back on their feet and you still stay with them, fuck off is still an appropriate response to anyone who gives you shit for living with your parents. And thats for both you OP and you general advice. Theres a huge world of difference between living in the basement and playing WoW between shifts at Pizza Hut in ones mid 30s and living at home and supporting ones parents while in ones early 20s. Lumping the two together is worthy of a fuck off. 