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Mom said I wasn’t worth minimum wage

I(16f) work 30 hours a week and go to highschool. I suffer from anxiety and burnout and make barely higher than the minimum wage. I talked to my mom for the first time in months and she called me lazy for not wanting to stick with my current job and when I told her that I'm under way too much stress for $10/hour she said “wow how much do you think you're worth because it's way less than you think” and basically said that she makes less than me working at a daycare as if she wasn't just admitting to being completely exploited for childcare which imo should be higher paying since they're trusted with the safety of infants and toddlers. Anyway that conversation was basically just her saying I'm worthless and lazy and I really cannot wait for that generation to mostly die out so this mindset can die…


I(16f) work 30 hours a week and go to highschool. I suffer from anxiety and burnout and make barely higher than the minimum wage. I talked to my mom for the first time in months and she called me lazy for not wanting to stick with my current job and when I told her that I'm under way too much stress for $10/hour she said “wow how much do you think you're worth because it's way less than you think” and basically said that she makes less than me working at a daycare as if she wasn't just admitting to being completely exploited for childcare which imo should be higher paying since they're trusted with the safety of infants and toddlers.

Anyway that conversation was basically just her saying I'm worthless and lazy and I really cannot wait for that generation to mostly die out so this mindset can die with it

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