Do parents have a right to request money from their adult children?

There are a lot of moms and dads who feel that by virtue of raising them, their kids owe them something in return once they are old enough to live semi-independently. They reason that at least some of the time and money they spent on them as children deserves to be paid back somehow, and they aren’t interested in any arguments against that point of view.

However, as so many generations of teenagers have eloquently put it, it isn’t like those kids asked to be born. Moreover, it is a right and not a privilege that parents provide for their children before they are adults. To say the least, it is flawed logic.

Nonetheless, there are many grown-up children who are dealing with the burden of parents who want to mooch off of them. If they live together and there’s an expectation to pay rent, that is probably fair enough, but constantly requesting a child to fund their lifestyle while making no effort to do that themselves hints at a deeper problem. It is an annoying thing to have to deal with from your parents.