“I canceled your son’s eye surgery — glasses are cheaper,” mom texted. $8,400 procedure he’d waited 6 months for. She’d called the hospital pretending to be me. Brother: “She’s right, stop being dramatic.” My 12-year-old was nearly blind without correction.
At twenty-nine, he bought professional pressure-washing equipment. He cleaned exactly half of Mom’s driveway, became bored, and sold the equipment to a neighbor for a huge loss. Then came cryptocurrency. A politics podcast. A...