Children prefer to have a stable home, food on the table, and a camper van to travel in with their family. They just don't know it until those things aren't available.

Not saying their Dad was right, often client work feels more urgent than it is. But Dad probably internalized "need to make sure business is taken care of so I can support my family" and that is what it looked like.

Yes, I'd prefer a world where my parents didn't have to work, I think most people would.