I'm 16 and gave my mother $1200, my entire summer savings, simply because she asked for it. I'm glad to help anywhere I can especially in today's economy. life's not all peaches and cream.

That's fine, if you gave it out of the kindness of your heart. It's a very sweet thing to do. It's another thing if the mother asked to BORROW SOME of the money, not STEAL ALL of it. Borrow would mean they would give it back when they could, some means SOME. Instead she saw all of it there, thought,'oh hey, this is my sons hard earned money.. I should take it all and never give it back without asking!' It's one thing to give your parent the money out of kindness, it's another thing to have it stolen from you. Think. You're on your way to donate $1000 in cash to a local charity to help the homeless. While your out, a homeless man breaks into your house and steals the $1000 you had stashed away, possibly for an emergency. It's one thing to give it willingly, it's another to have it taken from you forcedly.

Yea yea, shitty economy, and yea yea, she clothed you and fed you, blah blah. Yea, he should want to help out, or should do it because it is his mom, I agree with that. But its more the principle...it was HIS money to do what HE wants with it. She didnt say if she was going to borrow it and pay it back...or that she was hurting for money and wasnt going to pay it back. Point is she should expect to pay it back because it is his money he earned, if she cant than she should have made that clear to him upon taking it. He should offer to help or let her have it, because that would be the good son thing to do, but it should still be his choice to lend / give it in the first place. She took it and now refuses to pay it back without saying that she wouldnt be able to on her part. If you do that to anyone else that isnt your child its disrespectful, just because it is your child does not make that ok, your child is a person too and should be treated with the same respect as everyone else

The mother is entitled to NOTHING. And for someone going on about the economy, then slagging off the amount of money, you sound like a rich spoilt brat. Jobs aren't good, and they aren't steady nowadays. You've got some nerve, just because YOU have enough money to give to your mother, when she ASKED (Not implied she would give it back), doesn't mean OP has enough money to throw around. He's well within his rights to complain, and you have no right to judge however much money he has (or HAD, in this case). Also, how the hell do you know she clothed, fed him & put a roof over his head? He could've just met her within the last few years, however unlikely it is. She didn't ask for the $300. She asked to BORROW it, which implies to give it back. Now she's refusing, and quite simply? It's called THEFT. $300 might be nothing to you, but for him, it could be the beginning of his savings for college or something. People like you disgust me. Just because you earn more, you think you're above everyone? If you don't want to spend your money on a child, keep your goddamn legs shut, or wear a condom. It's complete and utter shit to take out your money troubles on your child.

Let me put it this way. Maybe he was saving that up to pay for a surgery he or someone close to him needed to survive. He, out of the kindness of his heart, trusted his mother, and told her where his money was so that she could borrow some of it. Instead she took it all and refuses to pay it back. Now, because she was selfish, he or someone close to him could die. Or, he could need the money to buy himself a pair of special prescription glasses, that he needs to see. Special prescriptions can get very expensive, sometimes upwards of $500. Now he can't see anything becuase of his mothers greed. It isn't his fault his eyesight is poor and different in each eye. Or maybe even he needed to save up to replace/repair his prosthetic leg that broke. Now because his mother was greedy, he can't walk. Now, that may be eggagurating, but then again, it isn't impossible for any of those situations to be the case. Just because the mother couldn't offord to pay for the new handbag she wanted doesn't mean she is entitled to take money from someone who earned it themselves, and who could possibly use it for something a hell of a lot more important than vanity. Think of all of the possible situations that both of the people could be in at the time before opening your ignorant mouth.

Not every pregnancy is an accident as you make it sound...this site is full of young stupids most the time anymore...

Most pregnancies, even the ones that occur in committed relationships or marriages, aren't planned. That doesn't mean they're not wanted, though.