Some of you older folk should be a bit careful with the hubris as well.
I know quite a few "kids" in their late 20s or early 30s that are financially supporting their parents in their 50s or 60s because those parents have fallen on hard times - either gone through a nasty divorce, had a business fall over, things have just not worked out or they came from a non-english speaking background and never really got ahead.
And the kids happily step in and do it because they have the ability to provide that support and at the end of the day its family. What are they going to do - kick their mum out onto the street because dad took off with all the cash? You know how hard it is to raise a family when there is at least one parent who is also financially dependent on you?
At least kids grow up eventually. A parent that is 60 years old and financially dependent on the kids will never break out of that.
So be a little more careful when you are slanging the young ones - because they pick your rest home. After all, it if it all goes to hell they will be the ones paying your bills.
I know quite a few "kids" in their late 20s or early 30s that are financially supporting their parents in their 50s or 60s because those parents have fallen on hard times - either gone through a nasty divorce, had a business fall over, things have just not worked out or they came from a non-english speaking background and never really got ahead.
And the kids happily step in and do it because they have the ability to provide that support and at the end of the day its family. What are they going to do - kick their mum out onto the street because dad took off with all the cash? You know how hard it is to raise a family when there is at least one parent who is also financially dependent on you?
At least kids grow up eventually. A parent that is 60 years old and financially dependent on the kids will never break out of that.
So be a little more careful when you are slanging the young ones - because they pick your rest home. After all, it if it all goes to hell they will be the ones paying your bills.