i wanted ward cleaver. my dad was not ward cleaver. i give him a mulligan. >> host: your dad also said to you that he was of there for you. >> guest: and that's the other -- >> host: he stay with the his mother. >> and that's the other point. here i am thinking that my daddied not love me. he got up every day, he came home, he wasn't abusive, he and my mom resolved things in an intelligent way. why i thought he didn't love me is beyond me, and one of the reasons i wrote the book is to tell people, many of whom who have had bad experiences with their own dads, often there's no manual. these people is have no better experience, they did the best they could. they did their job, they were the role model. and as long as the old man is above the ground, you can still reach out and perhaps repair the relationship, which is what i did. there's one other wrinkle in the book. i was living in cleveland, i met my uncle. my uncle happened to be a man who lived with my dad before my dad met my mother, none of which i knew. so imagine growing up with

but a 14-year-old on instagram -- >> neil: sounds like ward cleaver.e're rushing adulthood to much on kids. but you're comfortable with and it i'm not. ladies, thank you both very much. >>> ahead of the president kicking off the tour, there's a new report that more students than ever are relying on federal aid. 57% having uncle sam to deal with the rising tuition costs. melissa says all the aid is compounding the problem. the host of money with melissa francis, joins us right now. i can see your point. no. aid, the more excuse to ratchet up the tuition. >> absolutely. just gets absorbed into the price. anytime you print money, it causes inflation. 71% of all undergraduates get something, whether it's a loan, it's a grant, it's something like that. you're taking away all the price sensitivity you say the price tag is 20,000 debt but i'm getting dealt i may or may not pay off down the road, i'm getting a grant so all of a sudden you're not as sensitive to the price that people aren't receiving it, weren't sensitive to the price. they're the superwealthy.

i wanted ward cleaver. my dad was not ward cleaver. i give him a mulligan. >> host: your dad also said to you that he was of there for you. >> guest: and that's the other -- >> host: he stay with the his mother. >> and that's the other point. here i am thinking that my daddied not love me. he got up every day, he came home, he wasn't abusive, he and my mom resolved things in an intelligent way. why i thought he didn't love me is beyond me, and one of the reasons i wrote the book is to tell people, many of whom who have had bad experiences with their own dads, often there's no manual. these people is have no better experience, they did the best they could. they did their job, they were the role model. and as long as the old man is above the ground, you can still reach out and perhaps repair the relationship, which is what i did. there's one other wrinkle in the book. i was living in cleveland, i met my uncle. my uncle happened to be a man who lived with my dad before my dad met my mother, none of which i knew. so imagine growing up with