A lot of young people have a hard time getting ahead because our parents want us to struggle

I understand what you are saying. My grandparents raised my mother to get married young. And, she did. She was 18. I was born when my parents were 19. When I was a junior in highschool, my mom and dad divorced. My dad moved out and so did my mom. They decided to start new lives in their late 30s. My sibling (also in highschool) and I were left in our family home to finish raising ourselves. We lived on family land and had family all around us. But, we lived alone. When i asked my mom for money or help, my mom would tell me to get my life together that she was a married woman at 18 (one year older than me at the time) and that I must be immature for struggling in my parents' absence. I started college and worked 2 jobs just to make my ends meet. I also helped my sibling financially. My grandparents would help here and there (small things). But even then, they would let me know that it wasn't their place to help me. I watched my friends as I went through college. They would work an odd job for fun money, but their parents backed them financially. They had little worries. I had to hold 2 jobs to pay for books, classes, and my car. I wasn't jealous of them. I was mainly just in awe of watching people who had family support seemed to thrive.

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