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    Parents Who Pay for Everything Shortchange Their Kids

    by Matthew Helfrich, CFP, Partner and President, Waldron Private Wealth Dec 09, 2019 4 minutes

    The common measure of success for any parent is that their kids have things easier than they did. For the Greatest Generation, that might have meant owning a home in the suburbs, for the Boomers it meant that each of their kids would go to college, and for Generation X, perhaps it means that their kids will be able travel abroad or pursue a creative career. But as the trend has evolved, the pendulum may have swung a bit too far on the easement side of the responsibility-opportunity equation. And as parents work ever more assiduously to smooth out the road for their children, they may be removing important

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