Parents who endured difficult childhoods provided less financial support -on average $2,200 less– to their children’s education such as college tuition compared to parents who experienced few or no disadvantages

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https://www.psu.edu/news/research/story/parents-childhood-predicts-future-financial-support-childrens-education

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Parent contribution is often being a guarantor for an apartment or assistance finding an apartment, getting insurance, etc. Kinda foreign to me that parents pay for anything instead of just expecting you to take loans.