That has not been my experience. I have two sons: 34 and 39. Both educated, both employed. Not a month goes by without one of them hitting me up for money or help. In fact, that is often the only time I hear from them. I had heart surgery last summer and heard nothing from my older son until three weeks later when he needed to "borrow" money.
On the other hand, I have been self-supporting since I was 14, and have never asked my parents for financial help. In fact, I spent many years supporting them. I would say that my immediate circle of friends of my age group, more than half are supporting or helping their grown children - usually male children. It's our fault of course. We spoiled them rotten and tried to give them all the things we never had. On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 12:08 PM, William Bowen <[email protected]> wrote: > > erm... > > Not to be contrary, (but here I go...). > > I think if you asked these same "adult" children about parental > support, you'd probably find the same percentage reporting "no help" > as the Boomer Mothers report of their parents. > > Gen-X'er: I'm totally independent! > Boomer Mom: (rolls eyes) I support my child financially, but *I* was > totally independent at his age. > Boomer Mom's Mom: (rolls in grave...) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:336340 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
