Medical/Dental expenses - who foots the bill?

[ucbalumnus]

@bookworm

I am in total agreement about parents enabling their healthy adult children, paying their expenses when the young adults could afford to. In my area, parents buy fancy cars and houses for their children.

Parents who have the means can enable their kids to take advantage of opportunities that may otherwise be inaccessible. But too much parental subsidy can enable their kids to stay dependent.

Of course, low SES parents may not have the means to help their kids, which may limit their kids’ opportunities in some ways. Or they may require assistance from their kids (e.g. reply #23).