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Observations: Michelle Singletary on when to cut an adult child’s financial cord

07/01/2019

Are our grown kids entitled to our financial support?
Money Matters: We’re still supporting our kids into their 30s and 40s

04/08/2019

Accepting help from the bank of mom and dad when you’re in your 30s or 40s is evidently “the last taboo of finance that people don’t want to admit.”
Money Matters: What If They Ask Us for an Advance on Their Inheritance?

02/12/2019

What tack should we take if our grown kids ask for an advance on their inheritance?
Supporting Grown Children: Golden Handcuffs Edition

01/30/2019

Giftor Beware: If we attach strings to our financial gifts, our grown kids may not appreciate our generosity so much as resent it.
Empty Nest, Refilled: The cost of housing is a universal concern for young buyers and their parents

11/02/2018

The pressure on Chinese parents to help their Millennial-aged children buy a home is a jaw-dropper. The Chinese one-family policy plus the urbanization of the economy is creating a generation of Little Emperors that have high expectations for how much their parents will do for them in terms of housing. With housing tight in urban…
Bank of Mom and Dad: What to do and how to do it when it’s time to close the helping hand

05/23/2018

There comes a time in the life of every family when the Bank of Mom and Dad has to close–or at least limit its lending policies.
Observation: Cheryl Strayed and Steve Almond on supporting grown kids financially

04/23/2018

We give our kids a gift when we let them struggle to be financially independent.
Bank of Mom and Dad: Five tips for handling gifts or loans to grown kids.

04/05/2018

If we can afford to help out our grown kids, here are five tips on how to handle it..
The Bank of Mom and Dad: Who pays your grown child’s rent?

02/27/2018

Our generation is more generous to our kids than our parents were to us–but there are some basic and daunting reasons why.
Money Matters: The unintended consequences of overextending a financial lifeline

01/28/2018

There are unintended consequences when we financially support our grown kids–especially when it comes to their siblings.

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Category: helping hand

Observations: Michelle Singletary on when to cut an adult child’s financial cord

Money Matters: We’re still supporting our kids into their 30s and 40s

Supporting Grown Children: Golden Handcuffs Edition

Empty Nest, Refilled: The cost of housing is a universal concern for young buyers and their parents

Bank of Mom and Dad: What to do and how to do it when it’s time to close the helping hand

Observation: Cheryl Strayed and Steve Almond on supporting grown kids financially

Bank of Mom and Dad: Five tips for handling gifts or loans to grown kids.

The Bank of Mom and Dad: Who pays your grown child’s rent?

Money Matters: The unintended consequences of overextending a financial lifeline