Reasons besides "didn't want to help": 1) Parents are deceased (mine have been dead for decades, for example, so they couldn't) 2) Estranged from parents (peo

Reasons besides "didn't want to help": 1) Parents are deceased (mine have been dead for decades, for example, so they couldn't) 2) Estranged from parents (people I know have had little no/contact due to irreconcilable differences) 3) Parents are too poor to help 4) Adult child makes enough money to not need help