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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I hope my kids are raised better than to ask this question. You should be ashamed. [/quote]

My mother took care of my grandmother for 25 years in our home.  My grandmother did pay rent, which helped my parents afford a larger home where my grandmother could have her own room.  It was a portion of her social security and pension so well within what she could afford and well below market rate for rent.  My grandmother would have been very unhappy to not contribute—she also contributed to household expenses when she lived with her parents and worked as a young single woman.  Many people feel that if you live in a household, you contribute.  (She also helped with stuff around the house to the extent she was able and as long as she was able.). She would have hated the idea of my parents skipping things for themselves to pay for her support when she herself was capable of contributing.  Of course, my mother did not charge for the many hours of care over 25 years and well into my mother’s own elder years. 
It’s not an unreasonable question to ask whether someone that lives in a household should financial contribute if that person has income.  If I had a child who was not a student, I would also expect them to financially contribute unless they were unable to do so.  [/quote]

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