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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You sound like a spoiled 18-24 year old asking this. 
Stats show Parents spend approx. $300,000 raising a child until age 18, plus tons more if they pay for college. That is enough.

For this, an adult child should then return the gift and help care for a parent for the last 5-10 years of their life when they become frail and need care. That’s the circle of life.

[b]An adult age 22ish- age 60 shouldn’t need help or be leeching off anyone[/b]. [/quote]

Ok, so you seem to think there's a clear-cut age by which should be fending for themselves. By that logic, you should also think there's clear-cut age by which one should die. It only makes sense. According to this life table, most men are dead by the age of 79 and most women are dead by the age of 84.

https://www.ssa.gov/oact/STATS/table4c6.html

Therefore, by your logic, an adult child shouldn't have to care for their father if he's 79 or older, nor should they have to care for their mother if she's 84 or older, as they've passed their deadline to die.[/quote]

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