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When financial support undermines independence

I pay my adult son's rent because he cannot afford it but I think I am enabling him and preventing him from growing up

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The impulse to protect someone you love conflicts with their need for autonomy, creating dependency that serves neither party

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Money and power — who controls resource flows?”

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