text: My allegedly Christian parents literally thought I was their property. Most children get allowances. My father stole money I earned washing dishes from my wallet while I slept. When I caught him doing that he tried to order me to continue working and turn over my pay cheques directly to him. The next time he shook me awake to go out and work at 6 am I told him I had quit. He was quite startled, since he had ordered me not to quit when I told him I was not going to work to keep him in booze and cigarettes. I told him I thought he was joking. He broke into tears and cried, saying that he would never joke about something "so important". He had elaborate money plans based on the idea that each of his 5 sons would get jobs as adults and start turning their pay cheques over to him. One of his brothers even warned me about that because of the way he went on about it. I told Uncle I was already aware and coping with it. Ah, good old Christian family values, nothing like it, thank goodness.