The Gas Money Is Tuition

When a young adult is stuck, most of us reach for the big lever and conclude, when it does not take, that nothing will. In this episode Dr. Ed Callahan tells the story of a mother who, a few afternoons a week, drives while her son runs the business end of a delivery app, what it is really teaching him, why she calls the cost "the tuition I am willing to pay," and the one question that decides whether any shared project is worth continuing: is it helping the relationship, or at least keeping it neutral?

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Takeaways with Dr. Ed is the Micro-Episodes series from the Parenting Neurodivergent Teens and Young Adults podcast: https://www.neurodiversity-u.com/podcast

This episode was produced with AI assistance and is narrated by an AI-generated version of Dr. Callahan's voice, created by him and used with his permission; every word is edited, reviewed, and verified by him for accuracy before release. Stories from the parent group are composites with identifying details changed.