The Price of Asking

When we've outsourced the one thing that keeps our genuine connections alive.

But Dr. Nguyen, I don’t need to ask my parents anymore,

I can just look it up now.

-A child patient of mine.

You had to find a willing person first. Then you had to catch them in a decent mood, and time it right, and finally say the thing out loud: can you help me with this. And then came the forever pause — that small, icey flicker where they decided whet…