While this is did shape some sort of responsibility factor in her, the damage it did far outweighed the good. Jeannette says on page 209, “...and Dad wasn’t even doing me the honor of pretending he needed the money for something useful...He simply waited for me to fork over the cash, as if he knew I didn’t have it in me to say no. And I didn’t.” Having to be her and her siblings’ own parental figures had caused Jeannette to be incapable of saying no to her father even when she knew it would cost them a week’s worth of food. Since she was in charge of the money, and her father constantly made her loan his money, her relationship with Rex had a large downfall. She lost almost all her trust and faith in her father and it permanently damaged her coping
While this is did shape some sort of responsibility factor in her, the damage it did far outweighed the good. Jeannette says on page 209, “...and Dad wasn’t even doing me the honor of pretending he needed the money for something useful...He simply waited for me to fork over the cash, as if he knew I didn’t have it in me to say no. And I didn’t.” Having to be her and her siblings’ own parental figures had caused Jeannette to be incapable of saying no to her father even when she knew it would cost them a week’s worth of food. Since she was in charge of the money, and her father constantly made her loan his money, her relationship with Rex had a large downfall. She lost almost all her trust and faith in her father and it permanently damaged her coping