<prompt> Human: OK, please listen to me. I have noone to talk to, my parents will not listen.I am done being poor. Done. I want to change it. And it can be done.Ill tell you a little story.My parents spend 8 a day on cigarettes. We live on food stamps, and in a trailer. My mom makes 7.50 an hour and works 25 hours a week. My dad is unemployed, and Im not sure how he makes money. He works on peoples computers a lot though, so thats probably right.We pay the bills. Barely. We have almost nothing to spend on what we want. Maybe 10 tops, monthly.I try and try to convince myself Im not poor, try and live above my means. I cant do it any longer.We are in debt, by a LOT. We made a bad decision to move, and had to move back. Id estimate our debt at about... 90,000.My mom is 39 and my dad is 48. My mother REFUSES to either a. work more hours, b. get a second job, or c. get a different job. Keep in mind that c is mainly because we cant afford to drive about 30 miles to work, at least, not before we start getting the paychecks from the job.My mom says Why should I have to work 2 jobs when your dad doesnt have to work any? and It isnt fair that I should have to do the housework and work 40 hours a week. I cannot convince her out of this mindset.My dad acts like everything is okay. He acts like he can get a job when he wants, and I cant get him to actually do it. I find him tons of jobs and he acts like hell look at them. My dad is CompTIA A, and has a degree in social working. Hes had tons of experience in IT and has been a social worker before, too.I get jealous of the average and wealthy every day. I want to be able to afford stuff. I want to buy new parts for my computer. I want to eat out at fancy restaurants. I want to have the latest-and-greatest. I want, I want, I want. Its not fair that I have to live like this and not someone else. So not fair.How can I get us out of this situation? I see the light at the end of the tunnel, but no matter how hard I try... I cant convince them to get us there... please help me figure it out... Im so sick of living like this. Im so done. Please.  <response>: Agree with opso - lots of good ideas there. More than anything: get work for yourself ... it could be a part-time after-school gig, something online, but whatever it is, its pure profit for you ... all money you can put toward what you want for yourself and your family. You can show them your own work ethic and try to lead by example. It sucks. Its your parents job to do that, not yours. Seek out role models, and become one yourself - and kudos for realizing and working on your situation. 