Ikr! And yet they also want her to do baking for free for all sorts of people! If it's a waste of time, wouldn't her baking not be a thing to (imo) 'show off' to the neighbours? (I say imo coz it seems like the 'baking free stuff for neighbours, friends etc' that the parents want her to do is like them boasting about her skills). I guess the tough finances is a point of pride for them, and it's clouding their judgement around their daughter being allowed to accept money for her work, because they perhaps fear her having the same financial pressure on her when she's older, hence pushing on her that the baking is not the right path? I'm just speculating of course 🤷‍♀️

I have sadly seen families who have a VERY limited perception of what "success" is. If you are not a doctor, lawyer, engineer, business exec or high level IT techie....you are a disappointment. They care more about titles and bragging about a high prestige job than future salary earnings, passions, stability or usefulness of the trade. We have some of these in my family...one cousin is a doctor, her sister a CPA accountant...guess which one they FAWN over, even though both are respectable, well paid professions??

Sabotage, since in the short run she won't be able to even pay for the ingredients if she goes on baking for free. Also, toxic/narc parents tend to be jealous at their kids as soon as they start doing better in live (or some skill, or show promising progress at smthg) than they do/did. Or, dad wants a 'favors for favors' thing, since he doesn't get anything when his daughter gets paid for the baking.

i think i know. look at my comment..but basically 1) they feel like the 50€ is a charity and they dont need it 2) baking is an obstacle for their daughter to have a "real" career like a doctor or a lawyer. they clearly care about prestige and titles

I mean, if she hasn't finished high school, ok. That is a Must. But then you can just put cooking academy on the back burner for a year or two. However, demanding she is not allowed to earn a bit of money on the side with somethign she likes is downright abusive.

I understand it. They're jealous of having a daughter who has a special gift which they don't possess. They're dream squelchers. I have a mother just like that. Some people can't accept that their child has an ability they don't have, or even that the child is smarter than them. They'll do everything they can to poison the well and put their child down. This child needs to remove herself from the family home ASAP. She's going to hate her parents and justifiably so. They're selfish, self centered and entitled. I hope she's succeeded in her dreams.

She's not focusing on what THEY want her to do.😡😡😡