Break Free From Sad Statistics: You Can Spend More Time With Your Adult Children If You Want To

Break Free From Sad Statistics: You Can Spend More Time With Your Adult Children If You Want To

Author: Sam Dogen: Financial Samurai founder, personal finance blogger November 28, 2023 Duration: 18:20

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Episode Synopsis

Supposedly by the time our children turn 19, we will have spent 80% - 90% of the time we will ever spend with them. But that statistic is ridiculous if we make the effort.

Let's talk about something absurd, like relocating to where our adult children are once we are retired. 

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