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When retirement security conflicts with family obligations

My children keep asking when I am going to help them with their house down payments but I am terrified of running out of money myself.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The competing claims of self-preservation and generational responsibility create an impossible moral calculus.

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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Money in retirement — making it last?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.