I think they should, yes, if it's necessary. And I think that, in turn, it's the responsibility of those children to support their parents in their old age. 

i feel, yes they should help somewhat, within reason.

Wasn't there a similar post like this earlier? I feel like it's the "American" thing to kick out your kids and drop support for them at 18. In other countries, including my parents' home country, you LIVE with your parents until you're married be it at 18 or 40. My parents have told me over and over that they will support me as long as I need them because that's what family is for. I do have a job and I do go to school, so it's not like I'm soley leeching on them for no reason. This topic also makes me think about the elderly population; if a person is over 60 years old, does this mean they have to live by themselves and wait to die? Or can 60+ year olds live with their children? My great-grandmother who recently passed away lived with one of my great aunts until she died at 103. You need family support due to the economy right now, so I don't see anything wrong with it.

What counts as "finishing" education? I have graduated from college but am awaiting acceptance into a master's program and after that I plan on getting my PhD. So technically, I won't be finished with my education until I'm close to 30. Does that mean I get to be supported? I doubt it. My parents paid for my bachelor's but I'll be taking out loans for my master's. I still live at home but I help my parents pay their bills. The whole reason that I am getting my master's first instead of going straight for my PhD is so I can start working and move out.

I think in this day there's nothing wrong with parental support. But remortgaging your home in order to help your kids buy theirs? Talk about stupid..

No!  If the kid insists on staying, then he/she should pay rent and contribute to other household expenses (food, paper goods, etc).  But then again, it really depends on the situation.  Anyone who is capable of earning a living and taking care of themselves should not expect parents to kick in.  After all, who helps them?  Themselves!  Being able to take care of yourself is a satisfying situation.  I couldn't imagine asking my parents for anything.  Also, I wouldn't want to live with them.  Parents have a way to deflating your ego whenever needed and put you in your place.  Also, sometimes a little support is required from parents, which in my opinion, is acceptable, but only for a limited amount of time.  Once he/she is back on his/her feet, parents' wallet should close.

Too often parents send the message that their kids CAN'T survive on their own.  Or, they will support that fear.  I gave my sons 90 days after they'd been three months out of school.  That actually gave them six months altogether to prepare for launch.  It wasn't our first conversation on the subject, either.  They knew I was just excited about seeing them spread their wings and fly.  They knew that I had boxes of dishes and towels that I wouldn't throw away or use for rags cause they'd need them for their first home.  We'd talked about how they could keep their desks and their beds for their first home; but not the dressers unless they picked one out from a rummage sale and paid me back for it (one son did that).

They'd been told that if they needed food or gas in the car, that I would take them shopping and they could fill the cart and then they could follow me to the gas station and I'd pay for the fill up.  I wouldn't hand over money unless it was for a sensible bill and then they needed to show me the bill (like a car repair, or car insurance).  I promised to be their help; but not their means.  No rent money would come from me, I had my own to pay.  If they ended up homeless the best I'd ever have to offer is 30 days on a couch, and they knew it.

Life is tough for ALL of us, and they know I give what I have to offer.  I have been homeless when they couldn't help, and I thank God that they've had help when I couldn't offer any - but most of all we have some courage in knowing we CAN survive independently.  My sons are now 28 and 31.  They've been living independently for 10 and 9 years now.  I am very proud of them, and they know the value of a favor when the ask for one.  They are always appreciative and polite.  I can't say that of all the other people who live with their parents and figure that their parents "owe" them a free ride after they have finished their schooling.
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@babybug329@xanga - i know people who live at home and pay part of the mortgage.  better to help your parents than to give rent to a stranger.

I basically think that after someone has graduated college, they should be working to be on their own. If you don't land the engineering job you wanted, you get a job at wendy's and live in an efficiency until you get on your feet. Sure, parents can help out with some things -- cover your car insurance, or a family cell phone plan, or something -- but the brunt of the responsibility should be on the children. Our society necessitates learning well into the time when we're biologically ready to be contributing adults, anyway, and prolonging that any further just seems unhealthy. I'm 20 right now, in my junior year of college, and I'm already freaking out about the fact that I'm still supported largely by my parents. I'm graduating a semester early just so that I can grow up and start supporting myself, because I feel this great and overwhelming desire to be an adult, to work, to support myself, and to be fully independent.

I actually understand the parents' willingness to help their children much more than the children's willingness to accept the support. It seems so unnatural to me.

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