Receiving financial help, to me, makes me feel like I'm taking from others and possibly hurting their financial well being. This is one of the reasons financial independence is important to me. My parents are very well reasoned and will help if possible as long as I,m not asking for too much. If my parents offered to help I would most likely accept their offer depending on the situation, and how financially stable I am. If they couldn't afford to help, I do wish they would at least be able and ready to help me if I needed it bad enough, but if they cant then there is always a way to get around needing help, even if that way around is a harder path to take.
I grew up literally middle class, with a median household income. Financial insecurity has affected all parts of my life—no family car in high school was exhausting and isolating. I worked hard for the scholarships needed to go to undergrad, but had a serious health issue in my last term. The school loaned me $3k to cover living expenses as I recovered, due to my proven academic record. Without that loan, I would have dropped out; today I am a PhD student at Caltech.
People here seem deeply uncomfortable about their own economic privilege—bringing up class usually yields a defense of “I worked really hard to get where I am and deserve to be here!” Being ‘successful’ as a direct consequence of hard work seems to be an integral part of many people’s identities; but this ideal of a meritocracy reinforces the harmful belief that anyone who is struggling didn’t try hard enough.
I worked in industry for 2 years, lucky to land a job without help. For the first time, I could walk into a grocery store and buy what looked tasty/fresh, instead of constantly optimizing nutrition and cost. My savings are my safety net, and gave me the freedom to go back to school, and support my parents when my dad’s terminal ill health forced them to move, subsidizing their monthly expenses while my sister cleared the house and sold it. Class, health, and caregiving are inextricably linked; even minor or temporary health problems can derail your life when there is no money to buffer the impact.
People here seem deeply uncomfortable about their own economic privilege—bringing up class usually yields a defense of “I worked really hard to get where I am and deserve to be here!” Being ‘successful’ as a direct consequence of hard work seems to be an integral part of many people’s identities; but this ideal of a meritocracy reinforces the harmful belief that anyone who is struggling didn’t try hard enough.
I worked in industry for 2 years, lucky to land a job without help. For the first time, I could walk into a grocery store and buy what looked tasty/fresh, instead of constantly optimizing nutrition and cost. My savings are my safety net, and gave me the freedom to go back to school, and support my parents when my dad’s terminal ill health forced them to move, subsidizing their monthly expenses while my sister cleared the house and sold it. Class, health, and caregiving are inextricably linked; even minor or temporary health problems can derail your life when there is no money to buffer the impact.
I feel like getting financial help from your parents are fine but I feel like that's taking advantage of your parents. I mean I'm okay if my parents can help me with money. I will definitely accept the help they can give me. But I just feel like that's just using your parents to get money. If they can't afford to help, i just let them be.
I would expect to make it through college you would have to recieve some financial help, most likely from our parents, seeing how expensive it is it would be quite hard to get through without help.
I'm 16 I expect my parents will help me pay for college
Financial independence is definitely a goal for me. My parents are always willing to help me; however, as long as I could support myself, I would refuse their offers to help.
For most people they probably need their parents for most of their life. I'll probably need $2000 to start out then do the rest on my own cause I'm independent.
If I needed help financially my parents would offer me money but it's my responsibility to have that money so I wouldn't take it.
I'm fine with asking my parents for financial help. They don't mind because they understand that even though I am making money, I'm saving it for a car and after that, to put towards college. They don't expect me to make enough money to pay for things in my own. I do have to pay for the "extra" things. They'll pay for me to go places with friends and food, but if there's something that I don't need and that's a good amount of money, I pay for it myself. I don't really feel bad asking for money from them. If it's really expensive then I would. I'm nervous to see how college works out. I'm trying to do what I can to get scholarships to go to UMaine. We've started saving but I don't want them to end up using all their money on me and not having a ton left.
I'm 16 years old, and I'm planning on going to college. I am not expecting a lot of money from my parents because I am planning on reciving a sports scholarship to pay most of my college payment.
My parents are gonna pay two years but they told me that I pay the last two because it h pls build character
I believe that when I'm older my parents are going to help out with college expensive for the first couple of years but I'm sure I'll have to pay some things. If my parents of to offer I would accept there offer because I know in the long run it'll make me less stressed
When I graduate high school I excpect some help with college. I feel like having your parents help with rent is sort of weird. I hope that in the future I will be financially able to be independent.
I'm 14 years old, and I've been living OLD by both of ,y parents that they will help me financially when I'm older. Their goal for me is to get me out of college debt free. They have already set up spare funds for me and my brother so if we ever need money fo some reason and it's dire, they can give us some money to help get us through the rough patch.
I expect my parents to pay for my first year of college, but I'm not sure beyond that because I'm the fourth kid out of five so that's a lot of money for college. I think my parents goal is to pay for the first full year of college for all of us.
I do feel like I will get some financial support from parents. I think I will because they have good paying jobs and I will need some help getting started. I however do not expect a lot of help
I'm a 14 year old student and I do foresee myself accepting financial help. I think I am going to accept money to help pay for college, but I don't think I am going to need help for living expenses. I hope that being helped through college will allow me to be self sufficient afterwards.
I expect a little amount of financial help from my parents when I get out of high school and get ready for college because, I know they want me to succeed and will do as much as they can for me.
I'm 14, my parents agreed to pay for my first two years, they think getting debt is part of learning how to handle money. I think getting financial support is good, besides, who doesn't like free money. Not having the money is going to make me pick a cheaper college, I'm not trying to pay for 30 years of debt.
My parents have already set aside money for me to go to college. Along with my older brother. When I was born my parents made an account that we are not aloud to take any money out. Only for college expenses. Every month my parents put money in the account and whenever I want to add money they will double it. Overall I do accept my parents to help me about but I will also be helping out a great deal as well.
Parents should help with paying for college and possibly a start up apartment. If you always accept money from your parents, you'll never learn how to live on your own. I have personal experience with this, and eventually if you live off of your parents, it will be a lot harder to live on your own.
@Emma true
I think that I am among the half of 20-somethings who will receive financial help from their parents. Mine have been saving up to help me pay for college and maybe beyond since i was born. It's hard to tell which peers are in the same place as me. You never really know.
I plan on getting as big of a scholarship as possible. I try to work hard in school and get good grades and maybe my parents won't have to help as much.
Whether your parents help you financially or not greatly affects you and the decisions that you make. If you aren't getting help from them, you might not be able to get into the college that you wanted to. Also, if you're aware that they're unable to help you ahead of time, you'd be willing to work harder in school, trying to earn a full paid scholarship.
I plan on getting as big of a scholarship as possible. I try to work hard in school and get good grades and maybe my parents won't have to help as much.
Whether your parents help you financially or not greatly affects you and the decisions that you make. If you aren't getting help from them, you might not be able to get into the college that you wanted to. Also, if you're aware that they're unable to help you ahead of time, you'd be willing to work harder in school, trying to earn a full paid scholarship.
I feel very pressured to be looking at college right now but I think now the fact that it is so hard to get a job straight out of college and that your parents should help if you're really spiraling down in debt.
Aspects of life that could pose to be challenging as a young adult is defiantly the financial side of it. Most people will find themselves in debt after they graduate from college, some more than others depending on their financial stability.
I'm 22 years old and soon to graduate from college. The importance of parental financial contribution for their post-college children cannot be overstated. When applying to jobs with no financial capital outside your own, every little detail of a potential job, ranging from public transit costs to health insurance, plays a huge role in determining what I can and can't apply for.
I miss out on a lot of opportunities some others gain - some more ostentatious such as the the unpaid internship to break into more lucrative, higher-value roles, or the 3-month rent-free apartment in a major urban city to allow for ample time for job seeking.
Some jobs I can't afford.
I miss out on a lot of opportunities some others gain - some more ostentatious such as the the unpaid internship to break into more lucrative, higher-value roles, or the 3-month rent-free apartment in a major urban city to allow for ample time for job seeking.
Some jobs I can't afford.
For such a substantial amount of money for college I find it very hard for someone to make it through college and beyond without parents help. I know for a fact that my parents are going to help me through college and that means a lot. When I think about this subject I just think about how stressful it would be for a just graduated high school student to deal with the college money on their own. I would say that parents are defiantly a big help with the college process as a whole.
I am a 20-something recent graduate living in NYC. I was lucky enough to have financial support from my parents throughout college, but am still burdened by a moderate amount of student loans.
I now work in financial services and am compensated well enough that I am completely financially independent. However, if I had chosen a different career path I can confidently say that I would not be able to afford to live here without assistance. I cannot think of a single friend working in a creative industry (advertising, arts) that doesn't get financial aid from their parents in some form.
Am I grateful for what I have? Absolutely. If I had wealthy parents with the resources and will to support me through my 20s would I have chosen a different career path? Perhaps.
I now work in financial services and am compensated well enough that I am completely financially independent. However, if I had chosen a different career path I can confidently say that I would not be able to afford to live here without assistance. I cannot think of a single friend working in a creative industry (advertising, arts) that doesn't get financial aid from their parents in some form.
Am I grateful for what I have? Absolutely. If I had wealthy parents with the resources and will to support me through my 20s would I have chosen a different career path? Perhaps.
I am a 15-year-old high school student and I already hate asking for money, I feel that my parents worked hard to get to where they are and that I should earn my money. But at the same time my parents think I should earn a little but that i should just be a kid and have fun. I have a plan for when I am going to college, I am going to move in with my sister, work a part time, and go to school the rest of the time. The only time I'm going to ask for money is if I need it. At least I hope that is how college is going to go.
I'm also a 15 year old highschool student. And I feel the same way. I hate asking for money but not for the same reasons. I hate asking for money because I'm capable of getting it on my own. I already heavily rely on my parents.
I'm a 15-year-old son that is getting closer to getting to college. My parents I expect to help a little but, i would do most of the work and get a job and pay for myself. I would like my parents to help when i really need it when I'm in a real jam and need some money really bad. They would probably try to help me a lot more but i wouldn't take it. I want to try to do most of the stuff on my own. I want to try to make a life on my own with little help of my parents.
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I am an 18-year-old senior in high school and I absolutely hate asking my parents for money for anything. I'm excited to live on my own next year in college but I'm pretty terrible at saving money. I will always take help but I will never ask unless I have no choice. My parents have set me up pretty for living on my own, providing food for myself, and teaching me life skills I will need. Getting help from them will motivate me to work harder though, so I can thank them for the life they've been able to give me, not just lending me money when I'm in college.
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I am a parent of a now 42-year-old mother of two small children, I and my ex-husband each lent my daughter $10,000 for a down payment on a house fifteen years ago. She paid us back (he charged interest; I didn't) and she made a significant profit on the house when she sold it (in about 2006). Several years later, once she'd moved, and my mother had left her a modest sum, she bought a nicer house in the city where she currently resides (an expensive college town). I think that was the best investment I ever made, aside from sending her to a private high school. We see ourselves as an economic unit--my daughter, her partner, my partner, and myself--though I live on an educator's pension, I will help in any way I can with my grandchildren's expenses. That's my stake in the future.
Many of my immigrant (especially Asian-American) students lived with their parents until they were married and settled; then those families helped them buy homes and build stable lives.
I am very aware, however, that many families can't afford to do this, and it is a significant contributing factor to inequality in this country.
Many of my immigrant (especially Asian-American) students lived with their parents until they were married and settled; then those families helped them buy homes and build stable lives.
I am very aware, however, that many families can't afford to do this, and it is a significant contributing factor to inequality in this country.
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