QUOTE : During this entire discussion, Dad hadn’t said a word (except to chew out Jordan). Now I studied him and decided he looked almost angry. <br /><br />Why? I wondered. I thought we were all being pretty cooperative and accepting. Mom was going to get work, I had said I’d baby-sit for free (and without any help; Mom usually insists on two sitters at our house), and my brothers and sisters and I had barely griped about cutting back or losing our allowances. <br /><br />I would have thought Dad would be proud, or at least pleased, but he certainly didn’t look as if he felt proud or pleased which made me feel confused.