And we will close the show with a call in about something that might be going on in your life as we

often do in our last 15 or 20 minutes. Today it'll be calls from young adults or

parents of young adults and the question is parents do you have a child in their

20s or 30s right now and if so are you helping them out financially in any sort of way?

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Maybe you still pay their phone bill or you help them

with a portion of their rent.

Do they still text you, asking for bank transfers

when they've run through their paycheck at the end of the week, perhaps you even take them to

the grocery store a few times a month. Parents of young adults, does this sound like you?

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Why do I ask?

Because if so, you're not alone.

Yesterday, Puyre search released a study reporting that only 45% of young adults

ages 18 to 34 are completely financially independent from their parents in this country, only 45% independent in that 18 to 34 age group, less than half.

Of course, the level of support greatly varies among those age ranges among 18 to 24 year olds

only 16% are financially independent

from their parents.

So while this variation is expected, it's noteworthy that even at

age 30 to 34 a third still require cash from moms and dads to survive in the United States of 2024.

So listeners are you a young adult to

invite of course the young adults not just the parents of young adults into the

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