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When to help our adult children?
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<blockquote data-quote="witzend" data-source="post: 94363" data-attributes="member: 99"><p>I think it's important for your parents to remember that they are not you, and these are not their children. If you are not harming them or your children, what's it to them? Some families pay for college. Others don't. Some families buy their kids their first house. Others don't. I don't think any of us can point at any one of these things and say "That's what made my child a (failure) (success)."</p><p></p><p>I help in a way that I hope will encourage them to help themselves. Get an apartment? Maybe I have some things around the house for you. <em>Maybe</em> I'll get you some basic necessities. Hungry? Maybe I'll buy you groceries, or feed you. Lose your job? I'll keep my ears open for something else and let <em>you</em> decide if you want to pursue it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="witzend, post: 94363, member: 99"] I think it's important for your parents to remember that they are not you, and these are not their children. If you are not harming them or your children, what's it to them? Some families pay for college. Others don't. Some families buy their kids their first house. Others don't. I don't think any of us can point at any one of these things and say "That's what made my child a (failure) (success)." I help in a way that I hope will encourage them to help themselves. Get an apartment? Maybe I have some things around the house for you. [i]Maybe[/i] I'll get you some basic necessities. Hungry? Maybe I'll buy you groceries, or feed you. Lose your job? I'll keep my ears open for something else and let [i]you[/i] decide if you want to pursue it. [/QUOTE]
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