Dear Dave, My wife and I are trying to help our son and daughter-in-law. They are both 29 years old, and they have been married for three years. They have good jobs, but the problem is they ask for money on a regular basis. Helping them out hasn’t been a strain, because we’re in good shape financially, but we have started encouraging them to live on a monthly budget. They always say they will try, but it never seems to happen. At this point, it feels like we may be enabling them instead of helping. How can we make sure we are doing the best thing? —C.M. Dear C.M., The first thing you and your wife need to do is sit down and have a loving, but serious talk with these kids. If they’ve asked for money before, and this is something that has turned into a habit, you have …
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