Would you be willing to help your adult children financially if they were experiencing financial difficulties? And would you be willing to help your elderly parents if they were in financial need? Intergenerational financial issues are set to become increasingly common given the ageing of our population. Of course, many instances of providing financial assistance between generations would involve providing a financial helping hand from time to time rather than aiding an elderly parent or adult child in actual financial difficulties. The Australian Institute of Family Studies has just released a research paper, Attitudes towards intergenerational support, that gives an […]