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My mom's 'loan' to my brother is actually over $15,000 now
I was helping her organize some papers last weekend and found a notebook where she's been keeping a running tally since 2020. She's never asked him for a cent back, and he just bought a new gaming PC. How do you even start that conversation with her about enabling him?
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ninamartin1mo ago
Ugh, this is so common. I see parents doing this kind of thing all the time, treating one kid like a permanent charity case. She probably thinks she's helping but she's just making him worse.
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terry11mo ago
Totally. It's like they're training the kid to be helpless. Paying for everything, making excuses for bad grades, never expecting chores. Then the kid hits 25 and can't even do laundry or hold a job. It builds zero life skills. Just creates a dependent adult.
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parkerk5629d ago
My cousin's kid is 22 and still calls his mom to ask how to boil water. Terry1 is right, it's a real problem.
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