A 16-year-old boy with six siblings reacted negatively to his parents’ announcement that they were expecting another baby: “Not again.”

In a post shared on Reddit, the anonymous teenager says that he and his siblings (ages 16, 13, 10, 8, 6 and 4) recently learned that their parents are expecting another child.

“They only ever planned to have two children,” the boy writes about his parents, adding that they “don’t have great jobs.”

“We didn’t have much space in our house to begin with and now we’re all crammed together,” he writes.

According to the boy, times were so hard that at 13 he got a job to pay for things he needed, like a laptop.

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“The burden of being the oldest is a lot and I’ve already paid for things,” he writes. “I babysit so my parents can work nights or take a break. I take care of the house most days so they can focus on making money. But it’s a lot and we’re actually too big a family for what we can afford.”

After the birth of his youngest brother, the teenager began “thinking about his future,” he writes.

“I would like to learn to cook better and work in a restaurant. But not go to college because we could never afford it and my grades are not good enough,” he adds.

Cut to August 2024, when his parents “sat us down and told us they were having another baby and the mother was 14 weeks pregnant.”

“My siblings were mostly surprised, but me? I said ‘not again,'” he writes. “I think I even cried a little, which surprised me because I don’t normally cry that much.”

His parents then told the teenager to “check his attitude” and not focus on the negative.

“I know people say that money isn’t that important as long as you have a loving family, and maybe that’s true for some people. But my family feels like a burden that I have to carry, rather than something I’m blessed with,” he writes, adding that his family often feels like “a burden.”

Commenters on Reddit largely sided with the teenager, with one writing: “There are three parents in this household and two of them are behaving very irresponsibly, which only adds to the workload of parent number 3.”

Another suggested that the boy should leave home when he turns 18. “Make a plan. Keep it secret. Don’t tell anyone in your family. Get your own bank account if possible,” the person added.

Many others advised the boy not to neglect college, but to look for financial aid and scholarship programs. “Honestly, with your income, you can probably get grants and scholarships,” wrote one commenter. “They’re not just for kids with good grades. They’re for kids in exactly your situation. There is hope and help out there.”