Wood Thrush "The point of being a bit stern is to avoid creating dependency." Too late for that ?Re The comment - the * woman * isn't preparing meals? The household has 3 other members. I was 14 when my mother had a job that ran up to diner hour. We planned and I prepared the weekday evening meals, family of 5, as long as she had that job, for about 2 years. I was happy to be able to do this and felt a sense of pride being able to contribute to the wellbeing of the family (sister got to do the dishes...) Learning to take - some - responsibility is a life skill. What will be the expectations of the post adolescents?Cooking a simple meal is pretty easy.  Videos for food prep are all over the internet. Buy some food! Fry up a few hamburgers, open a bag of salad mix, cut up a tomato, or put some chicken thighs in a pan pop in the oven for a hour with some potatoes, or boil up some pasta, open bottle of prepared sauce top with cheese and heat up some frozen green beans for example. Grilled cheese with tomato soup anyone?Put the money saved re take out into a appliance repair or home upkeep fund - voila!Put your foot down - as a friend once said, they're taking your kindness for weakness. It's not too late to start.

Wood Thrush "The point of being a bit stern is to avoid creating dependency." Too late for that ?Re The comment - the * woman * isn't preparing meals? The household has 3 other members. I was 14 when my mother had a job that ran up to diner hour. We planned and I prepared the weekday evening meals, family of 5, as long as she had that job, for about 2 years. I was happy to be able to do this and felt a sense of pride being able to contribute to the wellbeing of the family (sister got to do the dishes...) Learning to take - some - responsibility is a life skill. What will be the expectations of the post adolescents?Cooking a simple meal is pretty easy.  Videos for food prep are all over the internet. Buy some food! Fry up a few hamburgers, open a bag of salad mix, cut up a tomato, or put some chicken thighs in a pan pop in the oven for a hour with some potatoes, or boil up some pasta, open bottle of prepared sauce top with cheese and heat up some frozen green beans for example. Grilled cheese with tomato soup anyone?Put the money saved re take out into a appliance repair or home upkeep fund - voila!Put your foot down - as a friend once said, they're taking your kindness for weakness. It's not too late to start.

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