He Criticized My Spending — Until I Gave Him The Numbers

management, the bill paying, the financial reckoning we’d been living through together. There was a long pause on the line.

He asked if I thought this approach was healthy. Whether it might be too much pressure for a fifteen-year-old.

I asked him what he’d recommended when he thought Ethan was being neglected.

Family counseling, he said. To improve communication.continue reading …