How To Financially Cut Off Your Child Without Ruining Her
- By
Julia Austin
Start with the small stuff
If you’ve been funding your adult child’s entire life for a while, you can’t just suddenly stop paying her rent. That’s a massive expense that she won’t be prepared for. First, pull the small stuff. First the phone bill. Then the car payments. Then the rent. Starting with the small stuff lets her gradually understand just how expensive life really is—it lets her wrap her mind around the idea that she’s been living in luxury by not having to pay all of this.
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