Subconcious Offense
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Definitely. Her endorsement of his begging is one of the stupidest things she's done as his mother. Normalizing that behavior in him is a bad idea, because Chris is a guy who had no problem sitting around in public with an attraction sign, and it's not far between that and holding up a sign begging for donations on a street corner. She should've at least pushed him to get a part-time job instead, but I guess Chris being more independent would be counter-productive for her.
I wonder if Barb will start pushing Chris to beg IRL. All it takes should be one success and Barb will be alerted to its viability.