Helping Adult Children Financially – Education

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Helping Adult Children Financially – Education

Many parents help their adult children with education costs. Virtually, all parents pay for any K-12 costs. However, when it comes to post-secondary education, support depends not only on parental ability to pay but also on each family’s philosophy on how much cost older children are expected to cover. This dynamic has been affected by surging education costs over time. When parents attended school, it was not unusual that many could say, “I wor…