Youths Expectation from Family Income

Written by: Mir Aqa Etibar

Parents are responsible for providing food and clothing for their children up to their legal ages. Some parents like to provide for their children's needs as much as possible, but sometimes some families face problems when their children expect more from their family income.

AEPO’s writer/producer has talked to some juveniles and parents about this issue.

Marzia, a resident of Herat province says, “Once I need a laptop and I wanted my mother and brother to provide it for me. My brother told me that I have a big expectation and he did not have enough money to buy me a laptop. I got angry with my brother and I was not talking to him for a long time.”

Roin, a resident of Kapisa province says, “Most of my friends had sport cycles and I wanted my father to buy me one too but he did not buy it and said that his salary is 15000 Afghanis and the price of sport cycle was 12000 Afghanis and he added that he is not able to buy the mentioned cycle. I warned him that if he doesn’t want to buy me the cycle, I go to Iran and after earning some money, I will come back and will buy a sports cycle. I did not go home for two days and my mother had not eaten food during my missing from home.”

What do some people think about the causes of youths’ more expectation from family income?

Roin says, “I was feeling myself despicable among my friends because they had everything but I did not have and they were not let me play with them. So, I wanted my father to buy me a sports cycle.”

Marzia says, “I needed a laptop to study my university lessons. If I did not want my brother and mother, there was no one else to help me in this issue.”

How do some people find a solution to this issue?

ShaKila, a resident of Herat province says, “I am a dressmaker. Once my children wanted me to enroll them in a private school and they gave the reason that their other friends also study in private schools. I told them that I could find as much money from my skill that I could pay the rent of the house and prepare them food and clothing. I suggested to them that if they could help me in dressmaking, I would enroll them in private school. They accepted. Now they help me in sewing at night I enrolled them in the private school.”

Abdul Karim, a resident of Faryab province says, “I know about my family's income and economy, I do not expect too much from my father's income. I always try not to expect something that my father could not prepare it.”