You're funny. And it's been confirmed...his parents are driving him crazy. Noooobody ever does anything for them, blah blah blah. Sounds so familiar!! Anyway, he's back on track. I said just tell them what they want to hear and forget about it.
teach him about boundaries and how they will help him deal with his parents.
M22,H45,W45 S21/18D12 Retain faith that you will prevail in the end, regardless of the difficulties and at the same time confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they might be.