THE FUSE

If you are reading this post and are perplexed by the title, you are probably thinking either I flipped my rocker (yep, for me, being an old boomer, that saying lives on), or you straight-up despise the title, or maybe you are intrigued by it. To be clear about why I chose this article’s title, many of my parent-coaching clients share how they rely (unsuccessfully) on the phrase “I can’t afford it” when responding to their adult child’s repeated requests for financial support.