AITA My 18 yr old kid sleeps all day and wont get motivated
AITA to ask my kid not to sleep all day and work full-time?
My kid graduated in May, got a part-time job, and then attended a tech school. The course was a quick class that could have led to a full-time job after completion, provided they had completed the required job shadowing.
My kid is a TikTok addict and stays up all night long and sleeps all day. They cannot, for the life of them, get a job that pays more and is full-time. The job they have pays $2.00 an hour plus tips. They cannot even afford to pay the car payment in full, car insurance, gas for the car, and a cell phone bill, which costs around $600 a month total for all of that.
But they continue to say to me, “I’m 18,” and want to be able to stay out all night long, sleep all day, and do what they want. I told them that when they can afford to pay all the bills and help around the house, they can do as they please.
However, this kid has never done any housework when asked. Their father was the same way—he was an addict who used his own mother for money, and his wife, and is a job hopper.
I am also concerned that my kid is smoking weed, which is worrying because addiction runs in both my family and their father’s family. Their father is an addict and smoked weed around them, even blowing it in their face when they were a kid.
Am I wrong here in asking for my kid to get their act together? We argue all the time, and I cannot kick my kid out; that would break my heart, worrying about them and not knowing what is happening to them.
Am I The Asshole?
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