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[quote=Anonymous]No - there is nothing that says that you should refuse significant parental help like housing or money that will allow you to pursue your dream career of being a nanny or artist or whatever and instead slave away as a mortgage broker. However, just realize that you are lucky and spoiled -- you are fortunate that your parents could spoil you like that to allow you to do anything you wanted bc most "normal" people would have to pick an occupation that pays enough to afford their own housing, cars etc.

I find that when people have things given to them - esp in this area where there is wealth - they downplay and say "no big deal - if my parents didn't give me a house, I could still have gotten it myself." They don't realize the sacrifice it takes to save up down payments etc. bc they never had to make that sacrifice themselves.

Most people do not appreciate their parents' money the same way they appreciate their own -- bc the effort to earn it was not their own. It's the same way when kids ask for some $20 item and you say no, they say/imply "what's the big deal, you're being cheap." However, when they have to spend $20 out of their own allowance for that same thing, they really think about whether they want or need it.[/quote]

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