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Scenario

When You Keep Financially Supporting Your Adult Child

My son is 30 and still asks me for money regularly and I always give it to him but I'm worried I'm preventing him from becoming truly independent.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The desire to help conflicts with the recognition that continued support might be undermining growth and self-reliance.

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Rabia
Rabia works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
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Worth thinking about

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