My Friend: I have a two year old grandson courtesy of my son and his girlfriend. The live in my house and struggle to pay the rent. At Christmas I witnessed the blossoming of this happy child into toddlerhood. I have been advised to make the adults here stand on their own two feet. Pay the rent or I sell the house.

I can't do that. Hopefully I will be around to see high school and college graduations, and he will understand that in lieu of expensive gifts, I provided the opportunity to blossom into a man.