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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Figuring things out: 19- 24.

Failure to launch: 25-30.[/quote]

I disagree with this.

After investing half a million dollars in each of my kids' educations, they damn well better have it figured out by 24.[/quote]

I feel the same.  I expect my kids to have internships in undergraduate and a job lined up at college graduation, and independent housing lined up shortly after.  I've sacrificed a lot for their education, and they need to do something with it.  Also, I recently learned that the trust fund that my parents set up for my kids requires them to finish college, and they get a match on earned income up to a certain amount, which I think is great. Failure to launch is not an option. [/quote]

Not all of us have trust funds to fall back on.[/quote]

The trust fund was news to me - my parents told me they were giving everything to charity until last year, and when they mentioned they wanted to do something for my kids, I had to say that I've been maxing out their 529 plans since birth, so we don't need help there anymore.   So, the trust funds are set up to reward the kids for getting through college and working.  My kids are neurotypical, so they have no excuse.  If they want to be bums, they get nothing.  And they don't get to live it at home after their mid-20s.  Happy to have them over for Sunday dinners, etc.  But we won't enable failure to launch. [/quote]

You really sound awful.  [/quote]

It would be awful to be OP's kids with a paid-for college degree and a trust fund upon graduation to supplement earned income and help them launch.  [/quote]

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