-=> Quoting Ruben Figueroa to Ancy Backus on 09-05-18  00:00 <=-

 RF> # Is she living at home still...?
 RF> # Lots of things can play into situations like this... my son finally
 RF> # figured out how to manage his money better when he was off on his
 RF> # own... but sometimes that doesn't work, either...
 RF> 
 RF> She is now, she was managing her money with her room mate to pay for
 RF> food and other stuff, not sure how much she contributed to that
 RF> situation.  Now I have encouraged her to put away funds for when she
 RF> will need them instead of willy nilly spending.  But like someone else
 RF> already stated the best lessons learned are those you learn on your
 RF> own. 

That usually is the case.... One can't really dictate to adult children
what to do, one can only advise....  I've heard of parents that decided
to charge their adult child rent... and then put that into a savings
account for them for later.... but that wouldn't necessarily teach her
the real lesson of doing that for herself.... just be a form of enforced
savings... that she'd not know about until later....

ttyl      neb

... Poetic justice is when your children have teenagers of their own.

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