> I imagine it’s disorienting to hear the voice of your exploiter come out of your child’s mouth. They said I had lost my common sense, and they were right. I h

> I imagine it’s disorienting to hear the voice of your exploiter come out of your child’s mouth. They said I had lost my common sense, and they were right. I had entered into an imaginative place inconceivable to them, one where I dreamed of better things for them, and for me. Despite all the talk about how her family chided her for "losing common sense", there's no single, specific example, of what exactly they objected to. There are allusions to it, like how (expecting?) a reprimand from your employer for taking sick leave is common sense, or how "dreaming of better things" isn't common sense, but those come from the author, not her family. Maybe you think it's unfair to expect such specificity from an opinion article/book promotion, but as a result, I have no idea what her conversations with her family were like. Was it really "Wouldn't it be nice if you didn't get fired for missing work when sick/things were better?" "Hush child, you're talking nonsense. All that book learnin' got your head all confused." I can't imagine it was, but those are the only hints the author gives.