The vultures have began circling around my son

My son plays professional football in England. He plays in the EFL Championship (the league below the English Premier League). We are from mainland Europe. My son moved to his English club two years ago, when he was still a teen; he did very well in his first two seasons. Broke through the first team and is a regular in the first 11 now.Words cannot explain just how proud I am of him. Sometimes I just break down and cry when I remember all the work he put in as a child to get to this point. Training for professional sports takes dedication and discipline that I have never seen. My son pretty much lost 70% of his childhood to get to the level he is at. He is my pride and joy.His performances earned him a new contract. It is a very lucrative one. He was getting paid good money before for a young man his age, but now, because he has established himself on first team level, the new deal is far better. English Football is by far the richest in the world and it shows.Now the vultures are here. They were there before, but only steadily. Now they are crawling out of the woodwork. I can't do much about external vultures, but I can do something about internal vultures: my family members.My brother recently asked my son for a "business loan." My husband's sister asked for a similar things. Sometimes I get relatives trying to be very innocent when they start talking about ventures. My husband and son and his agent have talked to our son about responsible spending. I think we have all heard of professional athletes squandering away tremendous wealth. To his credit, my son doesn't spend much. He has actually always been pretty modest when it comes to tastes. He has treated extended family members on a few occasions and helped out, but it's not been on the level of a relative asking for a huge loan.I don't want to cause commotion in the family. But we are all meeting at my FIL's birthday party next week. Do you think sitting down and discussing is the best way to go? via /r/Parenting https://ift.tt/2FMCty7