This week on Pardon Our Honesty, Tiffany and Megan get real about the messy middle of parenting older teens and adult children—when you want to support them, but you refuse to raise dependents.

We rewind last week’s convo about family conflict and why the “safe” person often becomes the punching bag, then we dive into the real-life chaos: car insurance due dates, last-minute scrambling, budgeting problems, and the guilt/anger spiral parents feel when they keep rescuing their kids.

In this episode, we talk about:

• “I’ll help if you’re helping yourself” — what that boundary actually looks like

• Why adult kids wait until the deadline (pressure, motivation, and patterns)

• Consequences that teach (yes… even no car if the bill isn’t paid)

• Phones, doom-scrolling, and why kids don’t “feel” money the same way anymore

• Parents who fund everything vs. parents who teach financial responsibility

• Digital safety: explicit images, grooming risks, and why parents can’t ignore it

• The hard truth: the world won’t love them like you do—so the lessons have to start now

👇 Question of the week:
Do you make your kids pay any bills (car insurance, phone, rent, etc.)—or is that “too much”?
Drop your thoughts in the comments and you might get featured in our “Rewind That Moment” segment next episode.

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