The report said 59 per cent of retirees report helping their non-student adult children with both day-to-day expenses and big-ticket items like home purchases.

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    2 months ago

    The first paragraph of the article states:

    The majority of Canadian retirees are supporting their adult children financially, which they say is having a negative impact on their own finances, a new report has found.

    My parents have no negative impact on their finances, they can still afford to travel internationally 2-3 times a year for multiple weeks at a time, and yet they would be included in that percentage.

    This makes the headline very misleading, since it implies that 60% of retirees are experiencing a negative impact upon their finances.

    Instead, I’d like to see the percentage of retirees who think they are experiencing a negative impact upon their finances. That number would be more useful in determining what to do about the situation.

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      2 months ago

      I don’t see what that has to do with anything in either of our comments.

      I’m also still not seeing why you immediately assume negative connotations.

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        2 months ago

        I immediately assume negative connotations because the first sentence states “Negative Impact”

        I don’t know what part of that logic is confusing to you.