{"id":66674,"date":"2025-07-01T13:43:31","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T13:43:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=66674"},"modified":"2025-07-01T13:44:01","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T13:44:01","slug":"my-son-demanded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=66674","title":{"rendered":"My Son Demanded"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-66675\" src=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/514321079_742249324966758_6899099815823714990_n-1-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/514321079_742249324966758_6899099815823714990_n-1-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/514321079_742249324966758_6899099815823714990_n-1.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Raising my 21-year-old feels like walking a narrow bridge, especially when he insisted I buy him a new car or he\u2019d move out. His demand challenged me, but I responded with care and clarity, fostering his growth. He\u2019s navigating the leap to adulthood, craving freedom and a sense of self. His car request likely stems from wanting to fit in or feel accomplished, influenced by friends or media. Understanding this let me see his heart, not just his words, guiding me to support him while standing firm.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=66663\">also read&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Raising my 21-year-old feels like walking a narrow bridge, especially when he insisted I buy him a new car or he\u2019d move out. His demand challenged me,&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":66675,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66674"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=66674"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66674\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66676,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66674\/revisions\/66676"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/66675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=66674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=66674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=66674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}