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Are adults really not supposed to financially helps their old parents? (sopuli.xyz)

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I've seen clip of that financial advice show "The Ramsey show" on YouTube and the things that old man say are shocking to me. According to him I shouldn't give a single cent to my parents... That's so against my culture. I would be seen as downright evil if I do that.

Hell I'm unemployed for like a year by now and still sent 200 euro a few months ago to my father that still lives in my home country that I haven't seen in 17 years.

Are you really Americans like that? Don't get me wrong, I don't see it as cold hearted but I see it as unnatural, and I'M a "socialess" cold person in essence.

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[-] helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world 21 points 3 days ago

Ramsey has some views that don't align with everyone. The important thing to keep in mind is that America is so diverse, your neighbor could be a different religion and most of us (despite what media will lead you to belive) don't give a fuck.

If I were to re-work the advice to be less extreme, I'd say don't put your self in a finacial struggle trying to help your parents.

[-] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 days ago

Ramsey himself is pretty good at explaining edge cases, more so than his other personalities. He's generally applying the same ideas used in rescue scenarios to money, putting yourself at risk generally isn't worth it and just means more people need help now.

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