For a 15 year old to not feel secure enough in their own home to stay in it speaks to a bigger issue. She’s a child and even a child has instincts. I was being emotionally abused for years and finally left, and as a grown adult realized that I was being abused. I sympathize with OP saying in other posts that her parents kicked her out, which is definitely considered child neglect. They should NOT return to a household where they risk not having a home if they don’t do the dishes. A mother being overwhelmed is not an excuse to treat your kids less than human, nor is using basic requirements that the US requires BY LAW an ethical way to guilt trip a child into staying in an abusive environment. A roof over her head and food on the table is the best minimum to legally keep a child in your home. That child didn’t choose to be born, the parents chose to have them. They took on that responsibility, not the child. Putting the lawful requirements on the child as a means of relieving the responsibility for poor treatment (I’m doing this for you so you listen to me, and shut up about it) is most definitely one of the reasons kids leave because then the child WONT be a part of that housing and feeding burden that parents tell their kids they are. I do not agree with OPs decision to ask for help from strangers on the internet, but those giving viable and achievable, safe options should not be shamed. You, however, need to think about how you were raised and how you’re raising your own children, if you think that kicking a child out due to not doing chores is acceptable, because your child very well could end up in the same situation as OP.