Parents helping out their adult children is nothing unusual in this day and age. But children providing their parents with financial assistance might be less common. Still, in 2020, about 4.3 million U.S. adults helped their parents financially.
So did this man, until one day he had enough of his parents’ favoritism. He would send them money until one day the golden child, “Jack,” took his role. But, after “Jack” tanked his career and his finances, the parents ran back to their younger son. However, this time he refused to oblige and drew a hard boundary.
