IT’S one of the age-old questions: is it right – and so, when – to make your children contribute something towards their keep while they are earning and still living at home? Research carried out by Loughborough University and the Joseph Rowntree Foundation a couple of years ago concluded that young adults should be paying at least £100 a month to their parents for living at home. They found that on average parents spent an extra £15 a week on “cupboard food” and cooked meals for their offspring, who were also making a big saving on rent, worth more than £90 a week.
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