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Making Cents on MetroFM – 2021.04.13

Mary J April 20, 2021

Parents using Debt to help their adult kids

Mary J was invited by SPHEctacula and DJ Naves to share her views on the topic of Elderly and / or Retired Parents using debt to help their Adult Kids get a kickstart in Life.

Whilst it’s a generous and loving idea to help your children by giving them a solid foundation to start their lives, it’s also important to ensure that you don’t set yourself back or enable bad behaviours as a result.

Questions explored included:

  • What are the financial challenges over 60’s face when looking for debt?
  • Why is their reluctance for financial institutions to offer debt to this age group?
  • In an instance where the debt is for children, like buying a flat or car for them, what implications could the receiver deal with in the long term?
  • Does the situation change if the elderly lender has not retire yet?

Listen below.

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