smart money
... about your grades (if they are good). Start a conversation about their sports (if they are a good athlete). This approach will surprise them that you are enjoying talking to them. Now that your parents are in a good mood about you, and you are about to leave, slip in that you could use a few dollars to help you out. A third way of trying to get money from your parents is to talk to them about some of your problems in life. Ask them for advice. Make them feel important to you. Your parents will feel as if you “need” them. Refer to them having pressure on in their lives, in high school. Then talk about money problems. Talk to the about how you have no time in between school, sports, homework, and trying to maintain a social life, to earn enough money to get by. Explain to them that other friends have money, and you have to scrimp to get by every week. Your parents will start to feel as if they haven’t been taking care of you properly. At this point they are feeling bad, and should offer you some money. If that doesn’t happen right away, then reply with, ”Could I just borrow a few dollars from time to time to get by?” Also, if you add, “You don’t have to help me, I can try to get by without,” usually helps. Your parents will pity you and give you money. Finally, there is a way to get money by not actually asking for it, or even receiving it. Most of the time your money goes to gas. If you could ge...