Is this a dysfunctional family?

This is going to be a long one…
I'm 17, I don't work, don't know how to drive much, and I want a job but my mom said I can't get one until I can drive. I was supposed to be getting an iPhone 6 but my my mom got mad because I don't like picking up my shoes and putting them in my closet, and because when she does tell me I get mad and at the heat of the moment I say that "all she does is make me angry". Then my 12 year old sister and I fight a lot too, then she makes my mom angry with her constant phone usage, but in turn my mom makes her mad and doesn't buy her anything which makes my sister feel unloved and she even says she wants to kill herself. Then my mom makes my dad angry and my dad is so aggressive he just yells at her and gets mad easily. I don't talk with my dad more than once or twice a day because whenever I bring something about hard work or basically anything, he finds a way to make me feel bad about it considering that I don't like helping him do yard work because he gets mad so easily. Basically my sister and I are not what my mom thought we would be, and basically there isn't one day where at least one of us has an argument about something.

Yup sounds dysfunctional. Honestly most of this stems from selfishness and a dislike for compromise on all parties.

Agree, dysfunctional. Or in plain language, a culture of blaming, competing, anger, disappointment, frustration, not listening and a lack of love or acceptance.

You as the 'child' can't change your parent's relationship with each other, or their own past personal histories and issues, that they are acting out on you and your sister. They have their own work to do to come to terms with all of that, and it's not your business to focus on.

At 17, you are near to your own adulthood and independence. Before long you will move towards your own life and ambitions, it's inevitable and just a question of how. Look around for jobs where a car is not needed, consider your education, step away from these pointless arguments with your family and step towards the rest of the world!

Get advice and support from your school, youth advice, careers advice etc, don't think that your family is the only source of help.

Sounds dysfunctional and it seems like your mom is the cause of all of this.

Sounds like it

Family counselling.

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