My father IS franchising

My father came home and told my mother last night that he has decided that he is quitting his job. That's right, a struggling economy where everyone else is hanging onto their jobs with all their might and my father is choosing to become unemployed. Well, I couldn't believe it either and then I decided to talk to him and see if he had really lost his mind or not. I mean this didn't really sound like a good idea, if you ask me, but I wanted to hear him out because my father is usually a very smart man, and I just knew that there must be more to it than what my mother was telling me. I got him on the phone and asked him about what was going on with the job thing. That is when he told me that he has been looking into how to franchise for a while now, and now that he has thoroughly investigated it he has decided that it is the right move for him now. I really wasn't sure about this buying franchise idea, so I probed him further and he told me that he has the money to invest in it, and that would allow him to be his own boss without many of the headaches. He said that he anticipates some layoffs coming at the company he is working for now anyway, so why not take the initiative and do something that he has always wanted to do, become the boss of his own place. Not only that but he told me with a franchise, you can have family come and work for you and that would allow mom and dad to work together on the business. Plus they will help cover health insurance benefits which is another big plus, especially at his age. All in all it didn't sound like such a bad idea. I asked about how mom was feeling about the whole thing and he assured me that they spoke about it a lot, until the wee hours of the morning as a matter of fact, and she is mostly on board about it now. Of course, he admits that this is going to mean big changes to their lives, but he is sure those changes will be for the best in the long run.