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The gradual increase in responsibility. They have to pay board. A roster for dinners, a bill out into their name (one that you can deal with being cut off for a little bit (!!!).
But ultimately, it is also out habit of just getting it done that means we just do it.
I expect that it is a conversation and agreement of shared tasks and responsibilities.
Cutoff access to wifi and don’t pay phone bills, plenty of ways to get started, but it always starts with a chat.
Yeah, the clock moves around and the child is a joy, But death doesn’t care just who it destroys, Now the woman gets sick, thins down to the bone, She says, “Where I’m going next, I’m going alone”
Paul Kelly - Deeper Water
Especially that last line. Damn powerful. And the whole song talks to me as a father of a 10year old.
I can recommend it for a listen