Is it really that important that he cares about them or not? They’re thousands of miles away and whatever empathy he may spare them doesn’t compare to the role of the parent he feels he needs to be. Or at least that’s how I’ve read most of his scenes in the show.

Like, he clearly has never been able to physically overpower or intimidate her in the way only a parent can, which means some of his toolbox as a parent has been gimped from the start. He’s been left with emotion and words.

Her reaction to hearing they’re hurting a bit for money is to just effectively commit fraud, even if she can make legitimate materials. Like does she think the government or someone won’t notice that the day shift manager at a McDonald’s can just keep living like he did working at a significantly higher paying job?

She clearly has not internalized any ideas or lessons, so it’s hard to not fully side with him. However well she may mean doesn’t matter if she continues to not look or learn from her mistakes. Because this can’t be the first time this kind of thing has happened. Not with her powers or her mindset.