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When your successful adult child still expects financial support

My 25-year-old daughter earns more than I ever did but still expects me to pay for her vacations and shopping because that is what we have always done and I cannot afford it anymore.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The difficulty of changing established financial patterns even when your child's circumstances have improved beyond your own.

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“Where Are You with Launching adult children?”

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