Children Keep Banking On Parents Until Their 20s
Over 50 per cent of parents still support their children in some way when they reach their 20s, whether they are living at home of not.
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.
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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