Stepmom (1998) - She Tells Everyone She Has Cancer

[@xxhorror13]

Jenna Malone deserved an award for this scene Her acting was beyond superb ❤

[@saramarshall2957]

She was overdramatic

[@MonstehDinosawr]

​@@saramarshall2957 nah.

[@heidireyes2271]

She’s a teenager.

[@emilyk6510]

⁠@@saramarshall2957I don’t think a child can be “overdramatic “ when they find out their mom has cancer

[@nettiegurl]

@@saramarshall2957 NOT

[@mylifefornick]

The acting in this movie is beyond

[@JacquelineRoseSchlegel]

Truth

[@indiamoore8988]

YES

[@scottw6704]

People's reactions when they find out someone they care about has cancer...has always confused and frustrated me. When I told my family, it was just like another day at the office. I couldn't tell if they were trying not to freak out in front of me, or what? People wouldn't visit in the hospital, I found out later, because they "didn't know what to say." It would have been cathartic to have a reaction like they show in this movie, where people have all sorts of emotions - even anger. It's so much better than apathy...

[@sarah.j.777]

that is very strange, I'm sorry you found out about such a scary diagnosis & then nobody reached out like they naturally should have! I cannot imagine going through that or doing that to someone. I hope it's a type that is curable & you found it early 🙏 I wish you love & peace 💗

[@Cerridwen7777]

I think we all deal with it differently. When I had to tell my parents my diagnosis, and again when I was going in for surgery, I told my mom "Do not cry." Not like as in, comforting her, but as in ordering her (kindly). I could not handle that reaction on top of processing all my own emotions. It's just a very personal experience. I'm so sorry if you didn't feel supported or cared for, that must have been very hard.

[@saramarshall2957]

When my mom told me she had breast cancer.I didn't really react. I wasn't worried. I knew she'd be okay and she was

[@lilmama28]

When I found out my dad had stage 4 cancer, me and my sister acted like it was no big deal. We told him he’s got this and it’ll all be fine. But whenever we weren’t around him we cried and prayed and were worried sick.. we just didn’t want him to feel bad for us

[@lilspring1057]

This generations is different than that movie's, less empathy, too much screentime and vritual interaction...

[@stef4832]

No matter how many times I see this movie, I cry.

[@LanaBK8530]

Me too. I've watched it many times and I cried every time. It touched me so deeply especially that part when Susan told the daughter ' take me with you......' my God I couldn't check the tears streaming down my face.

[@PaulCozad]

I was raised by a step mother. She was my best friend in the world. I miss her so much 😢❤

[@tanyasarff6391]

Same 😢

[@freespirit_17]

This movie came out when one of my friends/teachers was going through ovarian cancer. This movie was very hard for me to watch. Unfortunately, my friend passed away in 2003. She was so inspirational loving caring person. She will always be missed, but not forgotten. 😢

[@BasedSockHead007]

For all of you fighting cancer or knows anyone who is fighting etc Im rooting for you and them I hope a day comes when its all curable ❤❤❤ Bless you all!

[@nylotus]

It's been curable but with oligarchy still in place people like you believe that it's not. Keeping it around makes a lot of people very rich. There's no "cure" for a reason.

[@JP-ks7ey]

i had it and won, but i'm still waiting for some kind of star trek machine that you get in it and fully cures you

[@MsJubjubbird]

@@nylotus why would they hide that information when they and their families are people who could get cancer too. I work in government health and, not only have I or my colleagues never heard of this, we can't even organise the correct photocopying paper, let alone plan some worldwide cover up.

[@donnaharris2192]

thank you

[@TheFlyingmartini]

​​@@JP-ks7eycongrats! 18 years strong here!

[@gabbyvillarreal1062]

I remember when my mom was first diagnosed with cancer, breast cancer, I just stared at her when she told me, she recently finished chemo, but, she still needs other procedures and treatments done, my cousins threw her a small surprise party at my Nana’s on her last day of chemo.

[@Tityretupatulae]

Best of luck 🍀

[@SBOK41]

This is such a beautiful movie. The acting is absolutely out of this world. I know Susan's character acts cruel but you love her anyway, because she's a complex character and you understand the emotions she's struggling with and why she goes on the attack.

[@mollycule2792]

She acts cruel? She acts appropriately in this situation.

[@justin-7156]

@@mollycule2792how!!???? She was a total passive aggressive asshole. Glad she was the one who got cancer out of the two tbh

[@DebraWhite-fh4ii]

Anytime Cancer is mentioned I tear up. I don't want my cancer to come back.

[@krisjackson6567]

Same. 😢

[@pattimarotte1841]

Me neither! Praying for all of us to do more than survive… thrive💕

[@maymaydances]

🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@workittworkit]

Blessing for a long life of remission!

[@sharondalynnewton7562]

Neither do I. Everyone who was diagnosed with me has all passed away.

[@caraclement891]

I have the best stepmom on Earth. My dad has been dead 20 years and she is still one of the most important people in my life. That woman's strength and support are invaluable to me. She is my hero.

[@kathconserv]

That’s beautiful. Thank you for sharing.

[@joannegregory3024]

Nice to hear a positive step mom story

[@Damien-ob1ev]

Ain't no mountain high enough have a whole new meaning to it after watching this movie 😢

[@maleala2048]

FACTS, this and Remember the Titans

[@cchisolm92cc]

Oh, I cry like a baby when I hear it.

[@purplerain343]

"You do not run run out on your mother!!" "No that's your job!" Me: 😬😬😬😬😬😬

[@АннаКлимова-ю4т]

Привет✋👋

[@tkaki6029]

True facts

[@mjallen1308]

I would have been choking on my teeth if formed my lips to say some shit like that.

[@juliaalexander5788]

But what lies did she tell 🤔

[@SofiaBelle117]

@@juliaalexander5788 if you watched the film - the mother kicked the father out

[@bambangsudanto5309]

ed harris...underrated...he is one of the finest actors in hollywood

[@ljiljavukas1962]

He is. I really, really like him.

[@sherisawyer6597]

I remember going through this exact same talk with my mom and sister about my dad who was fighting Alzheimer’s but the dementia kind and we were all torn and unfortunately he just passed away this year after fighting 10 years I love and miss him everyday! ❤️

[@tilmook]

I’m sorry for your loss. I hope your heart heals 💕

[@aleahboone4323]

So sorry. My Condolences for you loss. 😢

[@BasedSockHead007]

Im so sorry for your loss and I hope he's smiling down on you ❤ my Papa comes to visit me in my dreams sometimes

[@careywurdinger5238]

I had to do the same thing to tell everyone my family and friends that I had cancer last year . I was scared .

[@tonyparra8459]

How are you feeling now?

[@careywurdinger5238]

@@tonyparra8459 I m feeling great .

[@kinkyfrodoll5907]

So happy to hear that your feeling great! I wish that you have a long happy and healthy life!!💕💕 sending you lots of love from Tennessee!

[@careywurdinger5238]

Thank you I appreciate that . 😊

[@dennisdaniel8393]

@@careywurdinger5238 I will be praying for you

[@michaelhockaday7426]

"You do not run out on your mother." "No. That's your job." If i said that to my parents as a teen, I'd be picking up my teeth from the floor.

[@StrawberryJam806]

True but she wasn’t wrong

[@robertsander8509]

The daughter was a brat.

[@savedbygrace463]

​@@robertsander8509my thoughts exactly

[@adrianghandtchi1562]

@@robertsander8509bratty? Possibly. A teenager full of heightened emotions and big changes in her life and having to mentally process all of that? I don’t blame her for feeling that way.

[@adrianghandtchi1562]

If you said that to your parents, and that happened, that is what we call abuse.

[@victoriapieroni3856]

Sometimes good movies are all about this: feelings, emotions, expressions, lines, and the simple life. No Special effects, no CGI, no mass production...sometimes it's just this: a slice of life. One of the best movies I've ever seen.

[@indiamoore8988]

❤

[@tracylf5409]

Cancer is awful, but so much worse for children, who are expecting their adults to keep them safe. So sad.

[@MsJubjubbird]

I can totally understand not telling the kids straight away. It's hard enough to worry about yourself, without having to worry about them. It also takes a long time to digest the information yourself, let alone help them absorb it.

[@nancydavis4618]

Jenna played such a typical teenager

[@SopranoRocker2010]

@@MsJubjubbird Maybe not right away, but not for an endless period of time. It breaks trust in them beyond repair. My mother waited until two days before she went on dialysis before telling me and my brother that she was sick at all. I haven't trusted her not to lie or keep secrets ever since. I do my best to keep my distance from her, and instead, spend time with others that I can actually trust.

[@liana_jae_media9905]

Isabelle really felt for Jackie after she said oncologist 😢

[@bbsteele671]

I watch this movie all the time. Now, it's much harder to watch. I never thought my life would mimic this movie. Now, I only have my Stepmom. I lost my Dad to cancer at a young age & my mom 6 years before him. Cancer has taken 12 out of my 22-person family. I still love this movie, it just hits a lot closer to home now. 💓💓💓

[@bobbennett2602]

As someone who has been fighting cancer for the last two years, it isn't really "we're going to beat this" but I'm going to beat this

[@aleahboone4323]

Yes You Are!!! Good luck and God Bless. Stay strong and know that people are praying for you.

[@cealcat7063]

I see you posted this reply 7 months ago. How are you doing now?

[@bobbennett2602]

@@cealcat7063 Thank you for asking. A week before Christmas, they had to remove the inside of my prostate. What they took out equaled the size of 2 normal size prostates & it came back malignant. Turns out, I have 2 separate cancers but the doctor said that the Invasive Melanoma is more serious

[@cealcat7063]

@@bobbennett2602 Oh I’m sorry, cancer is so brutal. I will remember you in my prayers. Are you Christian?

[@bobbennett2602]

@@cealcat7063 Oh, yes. God has been with me every step of the way

[@jc1487]

I still feel this girls hurt! As a child of a parent that cheated and later married that person to watch this movie and actually living ut in real life when it aired in theaters.. I knew the hurt behind her telling her father “it’s his job to walk out on his mother” essentially his family and his daughter. Oh, the pain conveyed in this scene still has me balling every time!

[@joylewis8929]

Cancer is a very sensitive matter in my family I lost my dad to cancer 3 years ago this month! 💔 my sister had breast cancer last year can't stand to talk about it or hear about it

[@melanieparker]

Unfortunately in this movie it just comes off as a tool to me.

[@joylewis8929]

@@melanieparker I don't like Susan's movies eneyway!

[@DanielBMaximoff]

Clever writing not seen anymore in movies.

[@melanieparker]

Clever? This movie is highly checkbox 101.

[@RachaelRiccobene]

I remember when my mommy was diagnosed with 2 types of cancer. Small cell lung cancer and bone cancer. I cared for her and I have autism we understood each other completely in fact her medical team said that they never seen a mother daughter relationship like my dad forbids me from grieving

[@lilitharam44]

After losing my Mom to cancer, I can never imagine speaking to her that way, knowing she was sick and needed love and support.

[@aryk2001]

I also want to comment on Jena Malone's acting. ICONIC! My heart breaks for her every time I watch this film. Ive never even visited Hollywood but it's on my bucket list of things to do, but whatever you guys are doing out there to create these kinds of performances, DON'T EVER STOP! Yes they're stories, and yes a lot of them aren't real, but so many of them people keep in their brains in their own lives. The strength of these women is something I've carried within myself and when this popped up on my recommended tab on KZbin it took me down this emotional remembering of what actual actors are, and what they can do. Julia, Susan, and Jena, you guys are iconic! The world needs more powerful stories like this. Not this half-assed storytelling that we are all being bombarded with. We need things that transcend. This movie transcends! It's a vessel to teach young women how to be strong. I am not trans or anything, I'm a male who has largely identified as gay, but the older I get the more I want a family. And these roles make me think about Mya Rudolp MOTHERING on SNL. Look it up. Just Women are the greatest blessing mankind could ever hope for. Period. Love you all dearly! And thank you for your work on this film!

[@nancydavis4618]

My sister died from cancer too. This movie is very real for me

[@kathconserv]

Terminal illnesses are horrible.

[@dietdrpepper15]

The cinematography is awesome!

[@beccamcdonald9846]

This scene is when Isabelle PROVED to Jackie that she’s fit to be a co-parent….she cares about those kids

[@terrylewis_]

This movie *wrecked* me. My Dad died at 41 in 1996 from pancreatic cancer. Another movie (which oddly has Jena Malone in it as well) which depicts this difficult subject matter really well is "Life as a House".

[@fernandoflorez8802]

Poor Anna I know she couldn't take it

[@Cerridwen7777]

Girl heard "I have cancer" and went right to "Are you dying?" Jiminy Cricket, lady!

[@aulayawilliams-grant2927]

She’s a kid.

[@kathynichols6602]

This was a hard scene. My mom died when I was 15 of cancer.

[@Strongwidow5585]

I’m so sorry for your loss, but at least she’s in a better place and no longer suffering.

[@kathynichols6602]

@@Strongwidow5585 thank you.

[@stacydavis1682]

I was 16 when my mom died of breast/ovarian cancer She was only 51. My sister died at 56 from the same thing. Me and my other two sisters have had breast cancer too. I hate cancer. I am sorry for your loss.

[@kathynichols6602]

@@stacydavis1682 I’m sorry for your loss and everything you have had to go through! My mom was 48 when she died.

[@lonnieyancer3256]

Buried my father last weekend from liver cancer. 64. Hurts so much still

[@elimb6071]

I adore this film. I lost my own Mum to cancer and had cancer myself!

[@alopez9716]

This Movie Had Me Crying So Much

[@dodgyyoutuber9560]

I had this talk a little younger than the daughter. Everyone was crying, but my dad said (still very serious) that it would probably take about 10 years. 10 years seemed so far away, and he was still going to do treatment, so I wasn’t too worried. The opposite reaction to this girl. That was well over ten years ago and he’s still alive so I’m glad I didn’t worry.

[@kathconserv]

I saw this movie at home with my mom as an adult. We didn’t watch a lot of movies together. I’m 47 now and she died in 2020. I miss her every minute.

[@NOBODYCARES-i6p]

This movie made me cry as a child. This movie makes me bawl my eyes out as a parent today

[@crissy297]

Jenna malone man such a great actress

[@indiamoore8988]

YES SHE IS AMAZING ❤

[@maevemallory2122]

Shes terrific in Saved

[@larisalynnortiz8979]

Jena Malone was fantastic in this movie.

[@georgewilliamsiii4677]

This movie has a special place in my catalogs. We were kids when we had the vhs. No magic. No crazy adventures. Just life.

[@leereedeastern1]

This movie always makes me think of my parents. After they divorced and I lived half the time with each, I caught each of them watching it separately. I always thought that meant this just had to be a great movie. And it is.

[@SDesWriter]

Jena Malone foreshadowing a great acting career. What a magnificent cast…..

[@aryk2001]

This is still one of the most underrated films. The ideals of this film are mandatory for civilization! Period. These two women, learning to respect one another, is what life is about! This is why I love actresses like Susan Sarandon and Julia Roberts! They just, they are women warriors! And they made a film about what it means to be a woman warrior! We need more films like this here in 2024-2025. Who knew they made this film so long ago, and we'd still need this story, and sentiment of this story in 2025.

[@kayprivate2720]

That was the moment she realized Isabel loved her kids. She could see it written all over her face and decided to let her guard down.

[@NotSoEntertaining.]

“No that’s your job.” 😳

[@dawnwelch6579]

For some reason, the following two short lines get to me: “Are you dying?” “Not today!”

[@robertsander8509]

For someone who’s kids are everything to him,he’s certainly doesn’t have very many scenes together in the movie,with them.

[@jessicacarlisle9160]

Almost all the women in my family get small cell breast cancer. None of us have the BRACA genes but since we’re all over the world and small cell breast cancer is extremely rare, it accounts for less than 1% of breast cancers, it’s genetic. Then there’s me, my body decided multi-organ failure due to internal malformations was the way to go. My three daughters understand though, we didn’t hide anything from them.

[@shawnagrubb9958]

I'm so sorry you're going through that I hope that you can make it through or at least make it to where you're comfortable❤ I'll be praying for you if that's okay ❤

[@jessicacarlisle9160]

@@shawnagrubb9958 thank you. Unfortunately I am terminal but we’re enjoying our time together and making lots of lovely memories. And I live in a death with dignity state, so when it starts getting really bad I don’t have to suffer. But thank you again, that’s lovely of you

[@shawnagrubb9958]

@@jessicacarlisle9160 I'll be thinking of you miss Jessica ❤️

[@dawnagordon2333]

He still loves her

[@timfahey7127]

Miss Sarandons brother owns a bar down the road here.....atleast he did pre covid.....would see Miss Sarandon there once in a while......the town would buzz with "Sudan Sarandon is in town".....she is quote pretty actually in person.....have smiled and said hello....she was gracious but wanted to be left alone with her drink. Nice lady👍👍👍👍

[@ch.su.695]

Where?

[@timfahey7127]

@@ch.su.695 Northampton mass

[@timfahey7127]

@@ch.su.695 I left a reply last week saying the city. Nothing slse...but looks like it was removed. Don't remove this...duh. Northampton Mass

[@timfahey7127]

Northampton mass

[@nancydavis4618]

Kids deserve the truth

[@JP-pp2tn]

i like seeing even though they're not together the father is supporting his former wife, which in my opinion is how things should be

[@keisharay-owens8841]

This movie still gets to me especially this part😢

[@elimb6071]

The line in this that always killed me...."Are you dying?" "Not today..."😭😭😭

[@kendylbigelow3097]

I lost my mom to cancer in 2009. No kid should lose a parent to something so evil as cancer

[@carenlissner454]

I thought this was an underrated movie.

[@susiesunshine43]

They do not make movies like this anymore

[@kathconserv]

It has to be dreadful to tell your loved ones that you’re going to die. It’s terrible.

[@heidirourke2259]

Isabelle was little concern Jackie. Jackie to afraid to tell people that she has cancer and afraid for her kids ex-husband children and Isabelle. She had every right to snoop kinda. Never hid a serious illness

[@robertsander8509]

6:40 I love Susan’s reaction.

[@_th7106]

This movie was make me gonna cry so drama family.

[@crazycatladyann390]

I love Isabell. Jackie drives me crazy through much of this film.

[@BrandyFord-xv5rx]

Susan Sarandon and Julia Roberts did a great job showcasing the struggles of coparenting after a divorce when other parental figures enter your child’s life.

[@DianaTrushkov]

One of the hardest conversations a parent can have with their kids is about cancer and dying

[@ashleymendoza217]

Cancer is an awful thing my aunt faught Cancer for 2 years and after she passed away 😢

[@jalipeesma]

This movie deserved an oscar

[@stepcollazo8134]

She was testing her to see if she was gonna be okay dying and leaving her with her kids.

[@blackheartbev3098]

I remember I cried so much watching this as a young girl.

[@grant1088]

This movie is so underrated very deep sudject matter life seems so unfair at times the things we have to deal with the good the bad and the ugly but to have any kind of a chance is a blessing . 6:55

[@camilleurueta9629]

When this came out, the “secret” was kept secret. My riend’s close aunt died of breast cancer. She was really sad and her family was in Australia and she couldn’t go. I thought to myself “ I’ll take her to move to take moms off of it. “ I chose this one. 😑😞

[@Missab4000]

Did we really have to bleep the swear word?

[@natalieeubank4533]

Yep

[@2jcward]

Did y’all really bleep out “damn..” ? 😂😅

[@ladytrue1154]

I don’t understand the number of people supporting physical violence as a response to a child being “disrespectful.”🤔 I had my ass beat growing up & when I had my daughter, I stopped physically putting my hands on her as form of discipline when she was nine years old. One day, I saw myself through her eyes & in that moment I vowed to the Goddess, I would never ever make my daughter fear me like that again. 🙅🏾‍♀️ I broke that generational curse & I thank the Divine Creator to this day for allowing me to see what I was becoming & I what I was doing to someone I love with all my heart & soul.❤ If an adult put their hands on any one of us simply cuz we were being “disrespectful” we would have grounds to press charges because that shit is ASSAULT.😑 But for some reason, children don’t have such protections except in the most extreme cases (sometimes not even then) and I will never ever fucking understand that shit even if I live to be a 1000 years old.🤯 We hurt the most vulnerable amongst us under the guise of discipline, causing untold trauma that the adults these children grew up to be never want to admit to & then have the nerve to support this madness even in fake scenarios in fucking movies.😡 I’m so tired of the might equals right mindset that infects so many people raising children because it most certainly never does.😔 Children deserve to feel safe. Period point blank! But how safe can you feel with the ones who are basically the Gods in your world causing you harm because you inevitably made a mistake, as humans are famously known to do?🤔 And please miss me with the excuses & reasons why children should be hit. “Hurt people hurt people.” Go fucking heal.💯

[@shellysanders2]

I was 29 when I got diagnosed with breast cancer... after the call from the DR. My husband and I went to the gym... didn't know what else to do... took about a week to settle and have a break down

[@aquitaineq]

I hate how she never stopped loving him he stopped loving her, sad.

[@keithpotter9922]

Susan Sarandon’s character Jackie tests Julia Robert’s Isabelle several times in this movie and in doing so she realises that she’s going to be a great replacement for her and this is when she really starts to warm to her and embrace her. 😊👍

[@scottjohnson6173]

This this was a great extremely very moving movie when I saw it it just tore my heart out. I was it was something that really hit home because that’s what my mom died of and I know firsthand of how it feels when you lose somebody that you love and losing them in a way that they’re not walking out of your life that just Gonna die sooner than anticipated I think at my mom every millisecond of the day she’s been gone now on October 11 at 2:44 in the afternoon it’ll be three years for me so I know how it feels to lose someone that you love but I was blessed. I had it for 71 years

[@Pinkranger87]

I always wondered what type of cancer she had

[@gi_milliole]

Acho que era câncer de mama

[@RealTalk1411]

​@@gi_milliole I think it was colon cancer

[@mixelle_0]

I think it was skin cancer because when she was talking to her son on the phone she said they had to remember to put sunscreen if they meet on the beach in their dream and the son said “it’s a dream we don’t need to wear sunscreen” and she looks sullen.

[@davidstefanizzi3455]

Breast cancer im pretty sure

[@patriciameyer5401]

My mom just passed away in April 2024 she was first Diagnosed in October 2023.

[@DotMcFarlane]

I'm so sorry to hear about this. My dad lost his battle in March of 1989 ❤️❤️

[@savannahmckinney-ho6pd]

My grandfather had cancer and my grandfather died during COVID

[@Nichole-x5q]

BOY THIS IS A GOOD ASS MOVIE 🍿

[@tracyoneal39]

I cry every time I watch this movie

[@PaulCozad]

I had a beautiful step mom. They're the best ❤❤❤

[@AdrianaCuevas17]

Honestly, the conversation between the two of them…it proves that true love never dies, it just changes its face on occasion

[@erinsmith8670]

Such a brutal but beautiful movie

[@isabelestrada1335]

I Love How Isabel Just Sounds Like Charlotte A. Cavatica From Charlotte's Web.

[@starelise1387]

I freaking love me some Julia Roberts

[@krys___]

“No, that’s your job.” 😳 😢

[@VickySwindoll]

I love this movie! Great actors, and a tearjerker

[@PaulineMitchell-b8i]

LOVE THIS FILM,GREAT ACTING❤

[@nick4alex123]

I've never seen this movie before but now i wanna watch it, this scene moved me to tears!

[@Kanieht.L]

This is still one of the best movies ever made

[@erincannon1588]

Top 5 of favorite movies. Susan Sarandon is just the greatest!

[@nellabozhko6941]

My mom told 7 people that she had cancer on her birthday

[@susanne25262]

Another great actor

[@susanne25262]

SARANDAN

[@saltysouthernmomma9354]

What a fantastic movie! I still love it!

[@SL-zw5nj]

only in a movie a step mom cares so much about ...

[@almiross1811]

This scene always made my blood boil. First the ‘ his kids are everything comment’ . No they obviously aren’t ,otherwise he wouldn’t have walked out of the family unit. The ‘we will beat it’ comment. There is no we anymore, he left and currently living with someone else, she is all alone. And the pain of the daughter realising that she is loosing her mother and will be left with the deadbeat father and the selfish stranger. Omg

[@jldubz1]

I have a differing opinion, In the "his kids are everything" moment, I think Isabelle showed that she too, cared about the children, maybe even more than she realized. In addition to that, relationships do break down, family units are more than just parents taking care of kids, people have individual needs as well, and for many people, they are way better off having separated parents that are happy than together parents that are miserable. In the "we will beat it" scene, He is offering his support to her as the mother of his children and as someone who, despite not being in love with anymore, is still an important person in his life. Although they aren't together romantically anymore, they have 2 young children and must support each other in a myriad of ways- helping her through potentially terminal illness is in his and the children's best interest. He showed his support by meeting her in the first place- He co-parents with her and was by her side for that very difficult conversation with the kids, I would hardly call him a deadbeat.

[@kiddozoo]

Well written.