“During a casual lunch with a close relative, I learned that they frequently give money to their grown adult children who are employed and healthy. I did not get into the specifics of how long this has gone on, or all of the reasons, in part because I was too shocked to want to know more. The primary one that I deduced is that my relative says life is way too hard for the younger generation. For them to be able to attain the standard of living we’ve enjoyed isn’t possible anytime soon, if ever.

“I agreed that things are far different than when we were in our twenties, decades ago. I said the idea of me giving my own children what amounts to an allowance feels like I would be juvenilizing them. What do you think?”

G: Without having the details about the kind of relationship this family ha

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