If parents expect repayment from their adult children, how are they any different from a business?

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10/27/2023 21:45

Subject: If parents expect repayment from their adult children, how are they any different from a business?

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Anonymous

I’ve never met a parent to expected repayment but I think it’s extremely disrespectful of kids not to support their parents in a way that’s appropriate for the family. For example my parents are not financially in need so I don’t give them money but I definitely prioritize visiting them since they are less able to travel these days. And if they needed money of course I’d give it to them, given how much they sacrificed to raise me!

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10/27/2023 21:58

Subject: If parents expect repayment from their adult children, how are they any different from a business?

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Anonymous

Anonymous wrote:A parents' love for their child is supposed to be unconditional. Your parents are supposed to be the only two people in the world who are willing to give you help and care with no strings attached. Yet, parents of adult children on DCUM seem to feel that their children owe them, which doesn't make them any different from a bank or a car dealer. It makes me sad how so many people seem unable to do anything solely out of the goodness of their heart, even for their own children. Everything apparently has to be transactional.

You can pay it forward or backwards or both. Its a balance between where help is needed and what you can and wish to offer. No legal obligation like child support.