History Main / SentOffToWorkForRelatives

* ''Literature/YearOfTheRat'': Ryska is sent off to work for Vikiy, her stepfather's brother, in his farm.

** In a later episode of ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'', Connie's badgirl cousin from LA, "Tid Pao" (voiced by Lucy Lui) is punished by being sent to work on her Uncle's ranch, who gives her a stern warning upon arrival:
-->"I'm last Uncle you got. You screw up here, we send you back with Grandma in Laos!"

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* Creator/BenjaminFranklin was apprenticed to his half-brother, a printer. That's why he ran off to Philadelphia from his native Boston.

* In the Rodgers and Hart musical ''Babes in Arms'', this is the fate the protagonists are trying to avoid by putting on a show.

* ''Literature/ChroniclesOfPrydain'':

* In the {{backstory}} to the ''EarthsChildren'' series, as a teen Jondolar got sent to his divorced dad's new settlement to learn a trade after he got in trouble for beating up another character so bad it knocked his teeth out.

* ''ChroniclesOfPrydain'':

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* In ''Anime/LoveHina'', Keitaro is more or less kicked out of his parents' house because they're tired of supporting him and goes to stay at his grandmother's hot springs resort with no real intention of working ... but quickly becomes the live-in manager, since his grandmother has retired and his aunt who lives nearby has her hands full with her own restaurant.

** In a later episode of ''KingOfTheHill'', Connie's badgirl cousin from LA, "Tid Pao" (voiced by Lucy Lui) is punished by being sent to work on her Uncle's ranch, who gives her a stern warning upon arrival:

Parents send their kids to work for their relative in the country so they can learn responsibility, do work, and learn some discipline instead of sitting around all day. Also, maybe because the kid is the only one fit enough to work to get more money.

->"I'm last Uncle you got. You screw up here, we send you back with Grandma in Laos!"

* ''Anime/BirdyTheMighty'': [[spoiler: After everyone in her family/household is dead, to causes both related and unrelated to the plot, Sayaka]] is sent to work on a farm with relatives.

Parents send their kids to work for their relative in the country, who is usually a grandparent, aunt or uncle. To learn responsibility and to do work, learn some discipline or to fix any other problems instead of sitting around all day. Also, maybe because the kid is the only one fit enough to work to get more money.

* BirdyTheMighty: [[spoiler: After everyone in her family/household is dead, to causes both related and unrelated to the plot, Sayaka]] is sent to work on a farm with relatives.
* ''HanasakuIroha'': Ohana's mother runs away with her boyfriend and sends Ohana to live with her grandmother who owns a {{ryokan}}. And then the grandmother forces Ohana to ''work'' there. At first it seems somewhat cruel, but grandma's point actually was to not make Ohana privileged over other people who work there.

* KingOfTheHill:

* In the 2006 film ''TheUltimateGift'', one of Jason's first "gifts" is the gift of hard work. He is sent to a ranch in the middle of nowhere, to work for a close friend of his grandfather's, until he understands the value of hard work.

This trope is common in ComingOfAge stories. When, the child is now has to work for the relative's. In the first week, they will usually try to get a way of doing it or complain that there isn't any TV, games, or any other entertainment they are used to. But they are eventually forced to work anyway. They tend to make a lot of mistakes at first. But, when they go through a HardWorkMontage, they get the hang of it and receive CharacterDevelopment.

The kids are usually sent to work on the relative's farm, ranch or any other business. The child is usually a CityMouse if the story is set in the country and may complain or try to get around being to the relative's place.

In other stories, a CountryMouse kid might have to be sent to the city so that they can have some education in a school there. They are sent there so they can work for the relative, and won't won't be a burden, when the rest of the family can't work are get enough money to support themselves. The child in this story tends not to have as much problems like the CityMouse. They also might actually look forward to being in the city. Although, sometimes CountryMouse in other stories will be just as lazy and uncooperative as the typical CityMouse.

Parents send their kids to relative's to work for their relative in the country, who is usually a grandparent, aunt or uncle. To learn responsibility and to do work, learn some discipline or to fix any other problems instead of sitting around all day. Also, maybe because the kid is the only one fit enough to work to get more money.

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* ''{{Discworld}}'': This is standard practice for dwarfs, who are sent to their already-established relatives in (usually) Anhk-Morpork, learning a trade and sending money home. Others stay in the mines, but there's little connotation of punishment. Carrot Ironfoundersson was sent to join the Watch as he was a human raised by dwarfs.

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The kids are usually sent to work on the relative's farm, ranch or any other business. The child is usually a CityMouse if the story is set in the country and may complain or try to get around being to the relative's place.

** Eilonwy is sent to the Isle of Mona to learn to be a lady, "working" at being a princess for several years.

** In one episode, Connie Souphanousinphone, the nerdy Laotian girl next door, is desperate to get a summer internship with Peggy because the alternative is spending the summer on a "family fishing boat in Laos" because her father Kahn thinks it will look good on her college applications.
** In a later episode of ''{{King of the Hill}}'', Connie's badgirl cousin from LA, "Tid Pao" (voiced by Lucy Lui) is punished by being sent to work on her Uncle's ranch, who gives her a stern warning upon arrival:
->"I'm last Uncle you got. You screw up here, we send you back with Grandma in Laos!"

* BenjaminFranklin was apprenticed to his half-brother, a printer. That's why he ran off to Philadelphia from his native Boston.

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* ''ForBetterOrForWorse'': The Pattersons have sent Michael, Elizabeth, and April to work on a farm in the Prairie provinces in Canada.

* ''Chronicles of Prydain'':
** works Craddoc's farm thinking [[spoiler: mistakenly that Craddoc is his real father]].

* ''[[WesternAnimation/BookOfVirtues Adventures from the Book of Virtues]]'': In the episode "Selflessness", Annie is sent by her parents to work at her younger cousins' house.