Maturing is realising that the reason Malcolms family are so poor is because Hal is so irresponsible with money
Think about it, he won $1000 in one episode and he knew that his family could’ve really benefited from that money but instead he bought a steamroller to play with and obviously spent money buying things to crush. It’s also revealed in one episode that he skipped work every Friday for 15 years. It also sounds like he has quite a good job which means he should have good money. And the time he bought that really fancy car knowing he couldn’t afford it.
Think about it, he won $1000 in one episode and he knew that his family could’ve really benefited from that money but instead he bought a steamroller to play with and obviously spent money buying things to crush. It’s also revealed in one episode that he skipped work every Friday for 15 years. It also sounds like he has quite a good job which means he should have good money. And the time he bought that really fancy car knowing he couldn’t afford it.