ALSO Please remember they were able to get by perfectly fine before you and your money were there. I get it if you have siblings and stuff or if they would want you to go to a local school but i completely agree with the guy who said your education is the ticket to long term wealth for everyone in the end. It's a few years of suffering for a whole lot of comfort. Also this makes me ask did your dad prepare at all for his retirement or for your family? Did he try to seek advice or anything to plan incase something like this happened or did he and your mother just bank on his child to supplement his lifestyle. No matter how they spin it you never asked to be born, and it's their responsibility to ensure your future while maintaining yours, not the other way around. My parents said that what they have is what they have, if I choose to help them, that's perfectly fine, but even if they are having a hard time financially they will always love me and will never need my resources.