How much money should a 30-year-old male be sending his parents per week?

[Anonymous]

If you're a male over 30, how much money did you send your parents each week when you were 30? If you have a son over 30, how much did they send you each week?

[Anonymous]

$0

[Anonymous]

Depends on the dynamics in the family, but my default assumption would $0

[Anonymous]

Why would a 30 year old send his parents money?

[Anonymous]

This is so cultural. For my family, $0. I know 30 year olds who TAKE money for down payments or kids tuition (though not monthly).

[Anonymous]

Weird question!
Nothing.

[Anonymous]

$0 at any age. Why would an adult child send money to his parents?

[Anonymous]

$0

[Anonymous]

$0. Money rolls downhill. I’d hope my son was saving for a down payment or taking wonderful trips with a spouse before kids arrive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is so cultural. For my family, $0. I know 30 year olds who TAKE money for down payments or kids tuition (though not monthly).

This. Children in the US don’t regularly send money to their parents. My parents were immigrants and often sent money back home, but their families were basically living in poverty in their home country. My mother earned enough money here in the states in her late twenties to pay to build a proper home for her family so they could move out of the stone cottage they were living in. But they never would have expected money from me.

[Anonymous]

If you are asking mostly people who grew up in America with parents who were born in America (as I’m assuming is the majority DCUM demographic): $0.

If you want answers specific to another cultural group, please put that type of specifics in your original post so that those with direct experience can reply.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:$0. Money rolls downhill. I’d hope my son was saving for a down payment or taking wonderful trips with a spouse before kids arrive.

If he hasn't had kids by 30, he's probably not going to.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:$0. Money rolls downhill. I’d hope my son was saving for a down payment or taking wonderful trips with a spouse before kids arrive.

If he hasn't had kids by 30, he's probably not going to.

Wild statement. Men’s biological clock doesn’t start ticking until 35.

[Anonymous]

$0. If anything, parents should be helping their kids get a start in life.

[Anonymous]

When my parents ran out of money in their 70s, I sent $500 a month. When DH's mom ran out of money, we sent $1500 a month. We and they are not immigrants families and weren't going to let them live in poverty after all their sacrifices for us.