The honest truth is, you need to make a plan and get moving immediately. You need to be making 3x more so lean on family to look after your son while you build a bright future. 2026 will be hard and life changing. My bro has 2 kids that he needs to provide for and lost his job recently as the plant moved from Ontario to Michigan. He only has manufacturing experience and landed a job 40 mins away that started immediately after he was let go. Now he works 9 hour days, 6 days a week and it is shift work. That is grinding and you can do that!