Picture this: you’re a college senior, juggling work, school, and family responsibilities like a pro. You’ve been helping out with your younger sibling for years, sacrificing your own social life and work opportunities. But when you finally find an internship that works with your crazy schedule, your mom gets upset and accuses you of not helping enough. Talk about a slap in the face! Let’s dive into this story of family drama and see if our protagonist is in the wrong…
Sisterly Duties

Inconvenient Truths

College Life

COVID-19 Changes Everything

Essential Workers Unite!

Senior Internship Struggles

A Lucky Break

Mom’s Meltdown

Graduation Goals

Ungrateful Accusations

Internship Drama: A Family Feud
Our protagonist has been a dutiful older sibling, taking care of their much younger sister for years. When COVID-19 changed everything, they even adjusted their work schedule to accommodate their family’s needs. But now, as they enter their senior year of college, they’ve found an internship that requires them to be away from home for a few hours each week. Mom’s not happy about it, and she’s demanding they find a way to be home for childcare. Despite sacrificing so much for their family, our protagonist is now being accused of not helping enough. Let’s see what the internet has to say about this sticky situation…
Stand up for yourself and set boundaries with your family!

Parents’ responsibility to find sitters. Education is non-negotiable. #NTA

College senior stands up to parents, claims life for herself

Sister says no to being a live-in nanny. #NTA

Setting boundaries with parents for college? NTA

Sibling defends peer against negligent parents. NTA wins.

Supportive comment reminds OP of their boundaries with family.

Stand up for yourself and set boundaries. NTA!
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Standing up to parents and setting boundaries.

Sibling support shines through in tough family situation.

Politely declining might solve the problem.

Sibling vs. Parent Responsibilities? NTA Stands Up!

Setting boundaries with family can be tough, but necessary

Stand up for yourself and focus on your education!

Stand up for your priorities and don’t look back!

NTA: Stand up for yourself, your goals, and your worth.

A college senior sets boundaries with their parents about babysitting.

Encouraging response, offering resources and support.

Stand up for your future and education! NTA

Don’t enable entitled behavior. NTA, move out if possible!

Standing up to parents for personal growth. Not the a**hole

Choosing who to sacrifice for is noble. Don’t let others scam you.

Standing up to entitled parents who use their child as free labor

Stand up for yourself and your education!

Don’t let your parents ruin your education!
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Don’t let parents guilt-trip you into free childcare. NTA

Parents expecting free childcare from adult children is entitlement. NTA
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Sibling not second parent, NTA for standing up.

Stand up to free child care! NTA

Don’t let anyone manipulate you. Show them ‘doing nothing’

College senior prioritizes education over babysitting. NTA

College senior stands up to parents’ parenting, declares NTA.

College senior sets boundaries with parents for younger sibling’s safety

Unpaid labor? Just say NTA and graduate already!

Internship is class schedule. Parents need to find childcare. NTA

Don’t let guilt derail your education and future independence!

Don’t let parents derail your education!

Not their child, not their responsibility. Parents being unreasonable.
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Asserting independence from overbearing parents. You go, OP!

NTA stands up to parents for free childcare.

College senior stands up to parents about babysitting expectations. NTA.

Education first! Siblings are not your kids. NTA

College senior takes control, tells parents it’s time for independence

Sibling stands up to parents and is praised for boundary-setting

Stand up to your parents and take control.

College senior prioritizes education and sets boundaries with parents.

NTA stands up to entitled parents who won’t raise their own kids

NTA, gently tell your mom to find other childcare.

NTA calls out selfish parent, warns against having kids

Stand up for yourself and set boundaries. NTA

Sibling expects too much? NTA, remind her of parents’ duty
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Sibling not an a**hole for standing up to parents

Standing up to controlling parents and having boundaries.

Stand up for yourself! You have other important things to do.

Time to live your life for you!

Empathetic commenter supports college senior’s independence with NTA judgement

A mother admits her daughter helps with her siblings but tells her to prioritize her future. NTA

Standing up to parents about internship as college class

Parenting should be a partnership

Breaking the cycle of generational parenting. NTA

College senior called NTA for standing up to selfish parents.

College senior sets boundaries with overbearing parents.

Take control of your life and don’t let parents suffocate you!

Growing up as a parent’s helper, NTA stands up.

Stand up for yourself and live your life!
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