You can’t protect someone from themselves. You can give help, but you can’t control. Once you have stepped over the boundary of help to control, you yourself have become something different.
Sure, there is control required for your dependents up to age 18, but after that, they no longer depend on you, it should be in their hands.
I can understand that a father or mother would always do their best to help their children, even if that required control. But is that more to protect the parents feelings than the child’s?
I don’t know a lot about the Brittney saga. But I believe in Liberty.
If she wants to blow her fortune and live in debt, then that should be her decision. She should decide how she lives. Good and bad decisions are her own. And she deserves the opportunity to make them.
73% of Americans die in debt.
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I want to leave some hope here.
Iron Mike Tyson was also broke after a spectacular boxing career. His story is similar. Molded and controlled by those that saw an opportunity for $. When he finally stopped fighting, he broke free. And yes, he proceeded to make bad financial decisions and became broke and in debt. Then he finally was free. Currently, Tyson is doing quite well.