“But Michael was only six. He should be worrying about learning how to tie his shoes, not about our mother’s checking account.” PovertyParentificationAdultificationNegligent Parents Book:The Crane Husband Source: The Crane Husband
“Your mother doesn't know these things,” he said, a note of pleading in his voice. "She has always been that way. She is an artist. Her feet barely touch the ground. I've been the one to keep her tethered to the earth. And now it's your job. And you're too young, and it's not fair, but there it is." He was right. It wasn't fair.” Child NeglectParentificationAbsent ParentsAdultification Book:The Crane Husband Source: The Crane Husband
“I was, as I said, only nine. But my mother often spoke to me as though I were a peer rather than a child and expected me to understand things for which I did not yet have context. I didn’t know then to resent her for it.” Parentification Book:The Crane Husband Source: The Crane Husband