{"id":102,"date":"2026-10-14T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sharonfinancial.ca\/blog\/?p=102"},"modified":"2026-10-14T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T12:00:00","slug":"51-of-canadian-parents-still-help-adult-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sharonfinancial.ca\/blog\/2026\/10\/14\/51-of-canadian-parents-still-help-adult-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"51% of Canadian Parents Still Help Adult Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-zmyer\">\n<div class=\"video-frame-zmyer\">\n        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.roomvu.com\/agent\/embed\/sharon-51\/canadian-parents-support-remotion-videos-63ab\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><br \/>\n        <\/iframe>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"video-description-zmyer\">\n<p>A bank survey found 51% of Canadian parents with children aged 18 to 40 gave financial help in the past year, averaging ~$6.2K.<br \/>\nSupport often extended well beyond the early 20s: 21% of parents helped children aged 30 to 34, and 19% supported ages 35 to 40.<br \/>\nAmong helping parents, 56% paid groceries, 43% covered emergencies, 24% helped with rent, 21% paid utilities, and 12% helped reduce debt for them.<br \/>\nParents cited both values and affordability: 51% said helping is what parents do, 35% pointed to living costs, and 25% wanted opportunities.<br \/>\nGuidance for Canada parents: fund essentials, emergency savings, debt and retirement first, then set a clear amount, end date and regular check-ins.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A bank survey found 51% of Canadian parents with children aged 18 to 40 gave financial help in the past year, averaging ~$6.2K. Support often extended well beyond the early 20s: 21% of parents helped children aged 30 to 34, and 19% supported ages 35 to 40. Among helping parents, 56% paid groceries, 43% covered [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":372,"featured_media":103,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sharonfinancial.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sharonfinancial.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sharonfinancial.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sharonfinancial.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/372"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sharonfinancial.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.sharonfinancial.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":106,"href":"https:\/\/www.sharonfinancial.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102\/revisions\/106"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sharonfinancial.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sharonfinancial.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sharonfinancial.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sharonfinancial.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}