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Scenario

When your child judges the choices that kept your family afloat

My teenage son got a job at a fast food place and now looks down on me for working in the same industry for twenty years, saying I should have done more with my life.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A young person's emerging awareness of class and ambition collides with gratitude, creating painful distance from the parent who sacrificed for their opportunities.

Your guide for this
Rabia
Rabia works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Money and parenting — financial pressure and class?”

Peri

Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.

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