Up to what age, Parents should financially support their child?

Question

What do you think over this issue?

Answer 1

i think it varies depening on the situation

Answer 2

I think it depends on financial circumstances. If as parents you have good job/s then you should pay for your kids up to and through university/college. Then give them say a year to find a job.
Expecting students to work and study has an impact on grades. Some might say it helps mature younger students, bull****, you get worse grades if you're balancing work and study. Sure work the summer, but not term time.

I think there's a mixture of answers here from both U.S.A. and UK and the circumstances are very different depending upon which country you're in. In the states you have to either have a good job or re-mortgage your home to put your kid/s through a really good university. In the UK the university fees are pretty much capped by the government so are more accessible.

Another way of thinking of this is; when parents get old and frail do we look after them and help them out financially if they need it. There's going to be a point in the near future where the government won't help to support the elderly, so then what. Do we help them out? What if they didn't help us out and threw us out on our 16th or 18th birthday?

Answer 3

I think until a child is 16, parents should cover all costs. When they turn 16 the child can get a job during the summer only to pay for frivolous things that they don't need. The parents should still cover expenses like food, health care, and clothes. I think the parents should also HELP their children while they're in college. My parents stopped paying for stuff when I was 14. I have paid for nearly everything myself since then. It's hard to work full time hours, and go to school full time. I think parents should at least help their children until they graduate from college (22-24 years old).

Answer 4

Depends on the family. I've seen cases where parents started charging their children room and board as soon as they hit 16 years of age. In most cases, once the child reaches 18, they usually leave home and never come back, sometimes not even for holiday events.

I've also seen other cases where the parents helped their children up to and after college, with the children returning the favor of assisting the parents after they became successful.

Whichever the case, I believe legally, parents are required to support their children until the age of 18.

Answer 5

You know this is such a good topic because of a couple of things in my life: 1. My grandparents still support my 44 yr old dad (no mental problems) 2. My parents dont support me and barely did.(26 still trying to get my bachelors, no thanks to mom and dad)
I think that if a child will go to college and make decent grades it is acceptable past graduate school. Example: my friend from high school went straight to college and then to get a masters, while her parents supported her. She did work part time. Which I think too is important. I know a LOT of college student that are like this. But I would say if a child will not go to college or tec school or something like it then they get the boot a few months after high school. Let them find out what the real world is like and they will be begging to go to college.

Answer 6

Till they have a full time job or during college. I lived with my parents till I was 23. They provided a house and food and education, I provided everything else (car, insurance, etc). My parents claimed me on the insurance till I moved out. But when I moved out, I bought my own condo and never went back. I think if you make your children go before they are ready, they'll just keep coming back. It depends on the kid, too. I was always very independent and good with money. My sister is now 25, lives in my old condo that my parents bought for her under a "kiddie condo" loan and they still help her financially. She makes about $20,000 more a year than I did and her car payments are about the same and the mortgage is lower than I had to pay.
They help her out a lot more than they did me, but sometimes I think she needs the help. Other times I think they just baby her.

Answer 7

Until the age of 18 unless the child is in college and the parents can still afford to support them.

Answer 8

Completely until they are 16. A little less after the child starts to work so they gain independence & responsibility. Even less as the child goes to college. Then not at all after school unless of course the kid has an emergency, but he/she should pay the parents back.

Answer 9

i think that a parent should support their child until they are out of school. as long as they are getting good grades and at least working part time then i think that making sure the kid can eat and has what they need is not too much to ask of a parent. school is so expensive these days. it is too hard for a kid fresh out of high school to take care of all of their needs while attending college.

Answer 10

Depends what you mean by "support".

If you mean paying a monthly allowance for living expenses, my kids got this till the September after graduating from university.

But I still shell out for special occasions - like helping out when they're buying a car, or a house, or when their income is reduced when a baby comes along.

It largely depends on how much money you have to splash around.

Answer 11

properly that relies upon are you and the mummy of those toddlers divorce or were you ever married , if divorces or seperated then the regulation says 18 except they get married previously than , now in some divorce settlement the daddy must be made to pay for 1/2 the school preparation till the youngster reaches 21 it truly relies upon on the state you stay in, now in the journey that your nonetheless with the mummy than i quess i'd be 17 perhaps 16 ..my daughter moved out even as she replaced into 17 and the regulation informed us there replaced into not some thing lets do about it