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Every time I see mention of this, I am reminded of the short story about the struggling butterfly: http://instructor.mstc.edu/instructor/swallerm/Struggle%20-%20Butterfly.htm http://instructor.mstc.edu/instructor/swallerm/Struggle%20-%... Are parents doing a long term disservice to their children by doing this? I don't know. What I do know is that after highschool, a self-sustained budget became a real thing, real fast. I reckoned that a lot of my friends and peers received this so called drip feed of e-transfers from their parents. My parents were middle-class; not poor by any means, but they believed in "tough love" and strengthening through struggle. It was indeed a rougher ride, but I'm thankful for the outcome. Perhaps there is something intrinsic about paying your own way. But I believe I might be starting to see the subtle differences emerge from the two groups now that I'm in my early thirties among my circle of friends