<prompt> Human: Ive decided someone here might be able to help me understand or tell me what to do to help.So Im 16 and I have a 15 year old brother, we live with our father as our parents divorced when I was 5. Hes a contractor and owns his own business that was pretty successful until recently. Then in the past year his work got slower and slower until now, where we barely have enough money to pay bills. Like Im pretty sure we almost have nothing, because over the past year my dad has pretty much drained his retirement account to keep us alive. From what hes told me he still owes the bank 150k and the original loan was like 300k for 30 years so hes about half way done paying it off. Now I know the first thing most of you are going to think, is if hes found another job but theres not a whole lot of jobs he can do that are worth it as hes 60 and has been doing physical labor his whole life, so working for another contractor or a physical labor job is out and since he has to deal with me and my brother with school he has to have a fairly loose schedule. Now Ive thought of getting a job to help out but since I cant drive and the family has only one car I feel kind of useless. Ill also mention that where we live is pretty isolated from the closest town and is way to far to walk. The house we live in now is a custom house my dad built 15 years ago he took the 300k loan out to build it and we are hopefully going to sell it for around 500k but it may take awhile to do so. Even if we do sell the house and move we will still be in the same spot in a year as the money from selling the house runs out. Im just distraught and worried about whats going to happen if something doesnt change soon.This is probably not an average post for this subreddit but maybe someone out there has some suggestions on what I can do and what my dad could try to do. Thanks for your time :Edit: Thanks for all your support, I realize now what the real world is like, and that sometimes theres just nothing you can do to fix everything.Edit 2: I didnt mention this, but I probably should have, Im actually out of high school and attending a community college.  <response>: You are not able to help very much yet. While you can get a job, its not going to be your responsibility to help. This is NOT your problem. This is your fathers. Now, you can do a few things and you need to talk with your father about them like an adult before you start. That way you are not taken advantage of, your responsibilities are outlined, and he knows what you are doing to help. Sit down with him and say Dad, I know things are tough right now and Id like to do a small part to help. But I am not sure what i can do and maybe we can figure something out together.Option A: Getting you a job in Mcdonalds or something. You contribute no more than half of your bi-weekly paychecks to your father. You save the rest of it for needs for yourself in the future - namely college. You dont spend any part of your own checks, save for 1 gift for yourself at christmas and 1 on your birthday. Option B: Getting a job with him. Helping him get his work done faster and better after you finish your schooling for the day - you are young and able to get up and down those ladders quicker. It is possible that the time he is taking on the jobs is what is losing him future business. It will teach you valuable skills and help your father out. While he should pay you for your help, obviously right now thats a bit hard to do. You should come up with a fair alternative. Option C: You finish school with the promise of going to college and into a money making field, to help rescue your dad later on. This will mean limiting your choice of study to a narrow range, business, computer tech fields, engineering, etc. It might not be something you enjoy. In the meantime, your dad will probably lose the house, business, work himself too hard, hurt himself, and be in a bad place for a few years until you finish college. Plus hell have to support you through college in this agreement, something he may not be able to do. However, this is something you have the right to - you dont have to help your dad do anything. This is his choices and adults make the bed they lie in. You are not required to rescue him from the bed he makes. 