Dr. John Deloney

Is she, does she have other struggles, Max?

Okay, so why have you become the caretaker of your mom?

Okay, so why have you become the caretaker of your mom?

Okay, so why have you become the caretaker of your mom?

Is it at a point where you need to sit down with your mom and have a hard conversation about the financial realities?

Is it at a point where you need to sit down with your mom and have a hard conversation about the financial realities?

Is it at a point where you need to sit down with your mom and have a hard conversation about the financial realities?

But hold on, hold on. Your mom also plays an integral part of this. If you told me, hey, my mom really struggles with addiction and my mom struggles with some mental or emotional health disorders, then I would tell you, like, man, life handed you a mess. And it might be a season, right?

But hold on, hold on. Your mom also plays an integral part of this. If you told me, hey, my mom really struggles with addiction and my mom struggles with some mental or emotional health disorders, then I would tell you, like, man, life handed you a mess. And it might be a season, right?

But hold on, hold on. Your mom also plays an integral part of this. If you told me, hey, my mom really struggles with addiction and my mom struggles with some mental or emotional health disorders, then I would tell you, like, man, life handed you a mess. And it might be a season, right?

It may be that you're going to stay at home for a few years and see these young girls until they get older, right? That's not the case. Your mom's making some choices on a daily basis as to where she's going to work and how much money she's going to make and what she's going to ask of her 19-year-old son. And so you're making decisions for an adult, and that's not your job.

It may be that you're going to stay at home for a few years and see these young girls until they get older, right? That's not the case. Your mom's making some choices on a daily basis as to where she's going to work and how much money she's going to make and what she's going to ask of her 19-year-old son. And so you're making decisions for an adult, and that's not your job.

It may be that you're going to stay at home for a few years and see these young girls until they get older, right? That's not the case. Your mom's making some choices on a daily basis as to where she's going to work and how much money she's going to make and what she's going to ask of her 19-year-old son. And so you're making decisions for an adult, and that's not your job.

Your job is, unfortunately, you've been cast in the role to make sure your 11-year-old little sisters have food and water, which is never your job, but here we are, right? And so, man, you're a man of noble character. But I want you to hear what Rachel's saying. Five years from now, what would be better?

Your job is, unfortunately, you've been cast in the role to make sure your 11-year-old little sisters have food and water, which is never your job, but here we are, right? And so, man, you're a man of noble character. But I want you to hear what Rachel's saying. Five years from now, what would be better?

Your job is, unfortunately, you've been cast in the role to make sure your 11-year-old little sisters have food and water, which is never your job, but here we are, right? And so, man, you're a man of noble character. But I want you to hear what Rachel's saying. Five years from now, what would be better?

For you to have started pool cleaning and also gone to get a couple of community college classes on the side, and five years from now you've got an associate's degree, and now you've got four employees of your own, and you're making $200,000?

For you to have started pool cleaning and also gone to get a couple of community college classes on the side, and five years from now you've got an associate's degree, and now you've got four employees of your own, and you're making $200,000?

For you to have started pool cleaning and also gone to get a couple of community college classes on the side, and five years from now you've got an associate's degree, and now you've got four employees of your own, and you're making $200,000?

Or you're still making $50,000, this guy had to lay you off because business got slow, and now you're making $35,000, and you're in the same bedroom in the same house, except you're 24 years old. Like, if you think on a longer time horizon, what's the best thing you can do for your family? It might be to go spread your wings and fly.