Honestly bro, no. I had a SHIT childhood in this regard. My parents are still married but we chronically had financial issues and worries that, as the oldest child, it became my concern and issue as well.

All my friends were hanging out after school having fun, and I was worried, at 11, about picking up babysitting and other odd jobs to bring in money. My younger siblings didn’t have to worry about it at all.

My friends were able to have “well-adjusted” childhoods. My siblings were able to have “well-adjusted” childhoods (because of the amount of work I did to make sure they could).

So yes, my heart breaks for these kids. Because the ones I’ve talked too, are so desperately worried for their parents, as I was. I wish those kids’ only worry was figuring out how to solve a Rubix Cube. Because it wasn’t my only worry as a kid, and knowing the heartbreaking depth of carrying your parent’s worry is not something I would wish on any child.