This is not a new concept. I actually think that it was more common in the past then it is now. Plus this is more of a cultural or personal belief situation. Why wouldn't you want to help your children out if you could? I don't get the mentality of people who bring kids into this world and then when they turn 18 tell them "you are on your own, nobody helped me so I won't help you, good luck". Funny how so many people have no issues getting an inheritance when the parents die, but if they want to help their kids out earlier, when they really need it, it means that young people are "not adults anymore? Maybe you are just looking at it the wrong way.I have heard of parents paying for schooling and parents paying for weddings. I have never heard of parents coughing up money to pay for a couple's house. Do people ever really become adults anymore?
Houses that small are almost nonexistent near me. A starter home would be more like a 3bed/2 bath 1500 sq.ft. Cape.A 2000 SF house is not really a 'starter house'. 2 bed/1 bath 1000-1200 sf might be closer to what I consider starter. I've owned a house (multiple houses) for 30 years and still don't have one that's 2000 sf.
That's def. true it's just not what a starter home was intended to be when they came about in post-WWII. You generally started there stayed for several years and as your situation adjusted (usually having kids or having more kids) and your income increased you moved on up in the housing.One persons "starter home" is another persons "forever" home.
Maybe you're paraphrasing in an exaggerated way? I would need to read that thread with my own eyes to believe this was expressed by any DIS parent, let alone a "number" of them.There was quite a heated thread here a few years ago about what, if any, connection parents should have with their kids when their kids hit 18.
I understand some parents can't help much if at all financial with College, but I was surprised by the number of people who basically kicked their kids out of the house at 18 and never wanted to see them again.
If it has been one or two, I wouldn't have been surprised. Although technically the definition of "a number" is more than two.Maybe you're paraphrasing in an exaggerated way? I would need to read that thread with my own eyes to believe this was expressed by any DIS parent, let alone a "number" of them.
I usually think of those as there was pre-existing issues/tensions at play rather than a manner of belief that once you're 18 don't have a relationship with the parent by virtue of being 18 and older.If it has been one or two, I wouldn't have been surprised. Although technically the definition of "a number" is more than two.
Well, it did surprise me, especially on a Disney forum.I usually think of those as there was pre-existing issues/tensions at play rather than a manner of belief that once you're 18 don't have a relationship with the parent by virtue of being 18 and older.
I think it makes far more logical sense to gift money towards helping your children buy bricks and mortar, than spending money on a wedding. Homes are still standing, long after marriages fail.parents paying for weddings
Not everywhere, my 1600 square foot home that was $180,000 in 98 (1 1/2 bathrooms) would be listed at $550,000 now. My property taxes went from $4000 to $13500 and go up yearly. My house was build around 1910.One problem with today's housing market is the massive increase in the size of a standard home. My first home was a 3 bedroom 2 bath with attached garage that was just over 1200 sqft. That is a perfectly acceptable size for a home. The average should be 1200-1600 for a standard home. Instead in recent years that standard size has risen to 1800-2000 sqft or more. This is why the average home cost exceeds $400K, the houses are just too big. Good luck selling these when the interest rates go back towards 8%. When I bought my first home in 98, the rate was 9.4% and I thought I was getting a good deal. The house only cost $94K though.
A 2000 SF house is not really a 'starter house'. 2 bed/1 bath 1000-1200 sf might be closer to what I consider starter. I've owned a house (multiple houses) for 30 years and still don't have one that's 2000 sf.