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The Clark Howard Podcast

12.03.25 Choose Lifelong Learning / Supporting Adult Children

The Clark Howard Podcast

Clark Howard

Investing, Entrepreneurship, Business

4.64.9K Ratings

🗓️ 3 December 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

What’s awesome?  The trend of lifelong learning. And in this age of emerging AI disruption and uncertainty, it seems to be catching on. Later - Not awesome: Paying expenses for your adult children when it impacts your own financial well-being over time. How prevalent is this practice? Clark shares some surprising statistics.  Life Is For Learning: Segment 1 Ask Clark: Segment 2 Parental Funding: Segment 3 Ask Clark: Segment 4 Mentioned on the show: Where To Take Free Online Courses 12 Best College Scholarships Websites Plus Other Resources NYTimes: Why Are More Retirees Going Back to College? Why I Take Every Single Vacation Day (And You Should Too!) Is LifeLock Worth It?  /  Protect Your Identity Archives Why You Need To Lock Your Phone Number Today SIM Card Swapping: The Dangerous Cell Phone Scam How To Freeze & Unfreeze Your Credit With Experian, Equifax & TransUnion The Real Cost of Funding Adult Children: Postponing Retirement Fidelity Investments Review: Pros & Cons Roth vs. Traditional 401(k): What's the Difference? Is Chase Sapphire Reserve® Worth It? Clark.com resources: Episode transcripts Community.Clark.com  /  Ask Clark Clark.com daily money newsletter Consumer Action Center Free Helpline: 636-492-5275 Learn more about your ad choices: megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:02.0

Grinched deals every day.

0:03.0

Okay, okay. With a sausage sandwich for just... Let's see, 9 an ampee. Six chigger mcnuggets for just... Nine and apie. Fine. Get Grinch deals every day in the McDonald's app. 18 plus app only ends 24th of December. One use per offer. Fees apply to delivery. Participation variesise and Cs apply. Why are businesses like HelloVet choosing Apple products and services?

0:25.0

So we started the business two years ago. We had a few people who were used to PCs and this was

0:30.2

their first foray into Macs, but it's been super smooth getting everyone onto those devices

0:35.7

and everyone seems really, really happy.

0:38.2

Find out how Mac can help you run and grow your business at Apple.com forward slash hello vet.

0:50.9

It's great to have you here on the cart, Howard's show.

0:53.8

You know, our mission is to serve you with advice and information that empowers you

0:58.5

to make better financial decisions in your life.

1:02.7

And I'm going to begin today's show with something that I am so into lifelong learning.

1:10.6

And later, something I don't think is awesome. Okay. go into lifelong learning.

1:17.5

And later, something I don't think is awesome, paying expenses for your adult children.

1:21.2

The numbers are mind-blowing.

1:30.5

But right now I want to talk about something you cannot pick up a newspaper virtually any day. Yeah, they still exist, but I'm really referring to reading them online and not see some story about Armageddon for

1:36.9

the job market because of AI. And this company's laying off 30,000 people. And this one's laying off 48,000.

1:45.8

And this company's implementing a hiring freeze and on like that.

1:50.2

And always in the story, it's all AI all the time.

1:55.3

And so it's a lot of insecurity for us as workers.

1:59.5

You know, what's going to happen?

2:02.5

What am I going to do?

2:12.7

Is my job on the line? Am I a sitting duck? This is a story that has played out over the years in so many jobs, so many industries, so many skills.

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