AIBU to think parents should support their children

[FarTooSkinny]

So the High Court has decided that parents do not need to support their children

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-54358774

Just because the claimant is 41 years old, has a masters degree and is a qualified solicitor shouldn't mean he can't continue to sponge off his elderly parents for life.

Does this mean I will have to pull my finger out and fend for myself? Life is so unfair

It is somewhat ironic that the courts have upheld that parents are not legally or financially responsible for their children when students (who are adults) have their funding entirely based on their parents' income. At some point, this country needs to make it's mind up on whether or not adults are independent.

The Court, in principle made the right decision. However some parents do encourage learned helplessness and decide to drop their children, when it suits. It sounds as though the financial help has come with strings attached. They are described as being very wealthy, they live in Dubai and now their son, whose mental health isn't good enough for him to be able to work, is left for our welfare state to provide his upkeep. Personally I'd feel a moral obligation to support him. It sounds as though they wouldn't miss the cost of his utility bills.

I'd like to give a shout out to the word "Although" at the start of one of the paragraphs. "Although" he had qualifications, he had mental health disabilities. Who would have thought someone with qualifications could suffer with an illness!