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[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]

A trust fund that offers a match on earned income is not independent living. I mean, it's better than a trust fund with no requirement to work, but it’s not exactly earning your own way.

No judgement — a lot of us wish we could give our kids this kind of security and would if we could. (I sure would.) But you might want to withhold judgement toward young people without that built-in cushion. What to you looks like FTL might in some cases be more independent and boot strappy than your trust fund kids.

Best of luck to all the young adults out there. [/quote]

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