By Ryan McCready

Thank you from all the millennials and people of our generation in confirming that we are lazy and spoiled.

Not only do most of the older generations already think that we are entitled, but by suing your parents, you have really driven home the point. 

You have already lost the first case, and if you somehow win the next ruling in April, I will officially lose faith in our justice department.

Thanks again,

Ryan McCready and the rest of my generation

For anyone who doesn’t know what the heck I am talking about, Rachel Canning is an 18-year-old from New Jersey who is currently suing her parents. She is taking her parents to court in an attempt to get them to pay for her private high school tuition, weekly living expenses and college tuition. And how could I forget about the legal fees, she wants her parents to pay for that too. 

In my opinion, paying for high school tuition fees does fall on the responsibilities of the parents. But when the fees are more than $12,000 a year, which is more than some college tuition; it becomes less reasonable to expect that. Especially in this case where it is reported by the parents that Canning “emancipated herself by defying their household rules on curfew, drinking and respectfulness to them.” 

They also go on to say that she has been suspended twice, and they believe that her boyfriend is a bad influence. To combat the disrespect her parents gave her an ultimatum, which she choose to ignore and moved in with a friend. She officially left their house in October, and her parents decided that they would cut her off on her birthday, Nov. 1.

Canning also called Child Protective Services earlier this fall and the investigation came up with nothing. Her father said the investigation was closed when the investigator determined that she was “spoiled.”

This behavior led Superior Court Judge Peter Bogaard to rule that her parents are not required to pay a weekly child support, the remaining balance on her high school tuition or allow her access to her college fund. It seems that the judge and I were on the same page because those demands sound insane to a girl that left her home voluntarily. 

She is currently working at TGIFriday’s to support herself. Working before and during college is how a lot of America pays for college tuition, and it bothers me that she thinks she shouldn’t have to. Especially if she left her home voluntarily, if she was forced out then it is a different story. 

Judge Bogaard is delaying his ruling on the payment of college tuition until April 22nd. Until then, it will be determined if Canning voluntarily left her home or was forced out by her parents. From what I have seen and read, her parents did the right thing to combat the growing sense of entitlement in the youth of America. 

Her parents still seem to love her and her dad put it perfectly by saying, “We’re heartbroken, but what do you do when a child says, ‘I don’t want your rules but I want everything under the sun and you to pay for it?’”

This case also has a lot of potential to set a bad precedent if it is found that she left voluntarily and wins the case. It could cause serious litigation throughout the county to pop up almost overnight. For now we will just have to wait and see how it plays out on April 22nd.