It’s Time to Grow Up and Own Your Life

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🗓️ 16 May 2025

⏱️ 87 minutes

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0:00.0	Brought to you by the Every Dollar app. Start budgeting for free today.
0:14.3	From the Ramsey Network, this is The Ramsey Show, where we help people build wealth, do work that they love, and create amazing
0:21.5	relationships.
0:22.7	I'm George Camel, joined by my very best friend, Dr. John Deloney, and we are here for you, America,
0:28.3	taking your calls at AAA-825-5-2-25.
0:32.6	Whatever's going on in your life, we'll talk about it, will help you take the right next step.
0:37.3	Laura is going to kick us off in New York City. How can we help today, Laura?
0:42.1	Hi. Thank you so much for having me on the show. Absolutely.
0:46.6	Okay. So my question is, should I, do I have a moral obligation to give my mom money when she was abusive to me and my siblings and historically not financially responsible?
1:06.2	Oh.
1:07.5	You frame that really heavy, like moral responsibility.
1:12.3	Where does the weight of that come from?
1:15.1	I think it comes from, I grew up in a Christian church, and I still am.
1:21.6	I still follow Christianity.
1:25.3	Okay, so hold on.
1:26.1	What's the directive there? Well, I want to do the right thing. Well, so hold on. What's the directive there?
1:28.4	Well, I want to do the right thing.
1:30.9	But what's the word used?
1:32.1	What's the directive in scripture?
1:35.2	Oh, okay.
1:36.3	I can think of one where it starts with an H.
1:38.0	Yes.
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