Children Keep Banking On Parents Until Their 20s

Children in Britain are increasingly relying on their parents for financial support well into their twenties.

A new poll for engage Mutual Assurance found that almost half of all parents with children aged over 25 are supporting them with basic living costs, childcare, education, purchasing a home, day-to-day expenses and servicing debts.

The Three Generation Britain report dubs the new phenomenon BOMADs (Banking on Mum and Dads) and advises parents of young children to start saving in order to spread out the cost of supporting their offspring later in life.

Thousands of 18-year-olds collected their A-level results last year, but the engage study suggests that few parents will gain their financial freedom.

The number of parents helping out older children varied little depending on whether or not they still lived in the family home

Engage Mutual Assurance spokesman Karl Elliott, said: "With recent reports showing that parents are paying an average of £18,000 to help their children buy their first home, these results reveal a huge shift in responsibilities across the generations."

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