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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You have created your own monsters, sorry.

As soon as a kid gets their own job, they should want to support themselves. There may come a time in the life when the need extra help ;(a  house deposit, or divorce, layoff), but if you have two kids in this position you have not set up expectations correctly.

(My kid is in grad school, and living on a tiny stipend, but she supports herself) [/quote]

Good for you. Some of us would like to see our kids live a bit more comfortably. I lived on my own earnings during and after grad school and, yes, I guess I have the pride to say I did it myself. The reality was it was a sketchy building for a time, I had a car that didn't work really at all and was constantly taking on debt to fix (I did have multiple jobs and one required a car), and not to put to fine a point on it, I was basically starving. Not to mention racking up huge c/c debt just to feed myself and have necessities for school.

It wasn't fun.

So, yeah, I'm fine wanting a bit more for my kid so long as they are working towards goals. [/quote]

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