This Teen Told Her Mom She Should’ve Given Her Younger Sister Up For Adoption And She’s Asking The Internet If It Was Wrong Of Her To Say That
A 15-year-old girl has a sister who is 12 and has been diagnosed with several learning disorders and mental disabilities.
“She has the mentality of a 3-year-old and throws huge tantrums over everything,” she explained.
“My mom constantly makes me take care of her while she goes out to parties or hangs out with her friends.”
Several days ago while her mom left her home alone with her sister to run to a store, her sister had an enormous tantrum.
The tantrum was caused by her sister wanting to get fast food, which she obviously couldn’t go get for her, so her sister ended up ruining her room.
In the middle of destroying her things, her sister also stole more than $100 worth of things that she had paid for out of her own pocket.
“I still haven’t gotten the items back or money to replace them since my sister has over 400 dollars since she is obsessed with stealing money from my mom and others,” she said. “I told my mom about it and she did literally nothing to punish my sister.”
A couple of days after that incident, she invited one of her friends to her house to hang out, and when her friend left, her sister again threw another fast-food tantrum.
“My mom yells at me to go deal with her since I “had the privilege of hanging out with friends today” and that she “had to deal with my sister all day so it’s only fair that I deal with her now,” she continued.
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She refused and screamed at her mom that she should have put her sister up for adoption if she knew she could not properly take care of her.
After those words left her mouth, her mom was furious and accused her of being a “spoiled brat” for even mentioning she wasn’t a good parent to her younger sister.
“I’m wondering if I’m in the wrong here since my mom does buy me gaming consoles and gives me allowance to make up for me having to basically parent my sister,” she concluded.
Here’s what the internet had to say.
“You’re the child and it’s not your responsibility to take care of your special needs sibling. Your mom needs support and resources. It’s a lot for one person.”
“That resource shouldn’t be her teenage daughter though. It’s fine to help some, but your mom should check into what resources are available through the state. There might be some options for a home aide or something.”
“Being a child isn’t a privilege. It’s what you are. If your mother needs a break from parenting, she needs to hire a babysitter.”
“It is ABSOLUTELY NOT your responsibility to parent your sister. Caring for special needs children is immensely hard work.”
“Fine if you offer to do it occasionally but your mum expecting your help is a different thing altogether.”
“Ask for support from family, friends, friends parents, school. You need someone to talk to about your situation.”
“And stop beating yourself up over the adoption comment. I think that all you were saying was that it’s not your job to bail your mum out, and that’s fair enough.”
“Don’t listen to anybody else here. You are completely correct in everything you said. Granted, it was a harsh comment, but it wasn’t an untrue comment.”
“I think your mom really needs to reprioritize how she treats you as well as understand that you are not a full-time caretaker to your handicapped sister.”
“It’s not your problem, because she is not your kid. You should not have to take responsibility for somebody else’s child and you should not feel guilty about wanting to be a kid.”
“YOU are not the parent and should not be expected to, especially while she goes out to party. You need to speak with a counselor or similar, but your mother ought to know that leaving you to care for your sister so often while she goes out partying could get her in massive amounts of trouble.”
“It doesn’t sound like your mother has reached out to get any sort of assistance with dealing with your sister’s disabilities.”
You can read the rest of what the internet had to say here.
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