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Having disposable income and using it to help friends and family can be a wonderful resource. Money can be used to help in times of opportunity, transition, or need. Financial support can be used to help loved ones with a down payment for a first home, education, weddings, moving expenses, or starting a business. Having parents or other family members there to help can provide a deep sense of safety, security, and confidence, even if the help is never asked for or received. As a parent who is able to help financially, the opportunity to help can provide a tremendous feeling of importance, dependence, and connection to an older child or grandchild's life. We all know that early on in our lives, we have built very little financial savings, wealth, or independence. Having a parent there to give us a leg up with life's initial financial challenges can be a real benefit. Whether this help comes in the form of a gift or a loan, having support helps satisfy that deep, tribal need we have for connection.