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The Lago family (left) and Zucchero family (right) exemplify a growing phenomenon in American families: parents who help financially support their adult children, due in part to a difficult economy.
Mabel Lago/David Zucchero
Amid cost of living stress, many parents are supporting children well into adulthood
Jennifer Ludden
Polls show most Americans think young adults today have it harder financially than past generations. A majority of parents help their grown children with expenses, even if it hurts their own finances.
FILE - A Meta logo is shown on a video screen at LlamaCon 2025, an AI developer conference, in Menlo Park, Calif., April 29, 2025.
Jeff Chiu
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AP
Court orders Instagram and Facebook's Meta to pay $567M to address kids' mental health online
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DeKalb's Mrs. Illinois 2026 plans to use her platform to help heal the community
Yvonne Boose
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Community Events Calendar
  1. Honoring the Mounds - A Native American Celebration
  2. BCCD Volunteer Saturday - Native Seed Collecting
  3. Carol's Kindness Pub Trivia
  4. Not a Trivial Pursuit: Constitutional Crisis
  5. St. Peter UCC 2026 Charity Golf Outing at the Historic Lake Zurich Golf Club, Thursday, September 10, 2026
  6. 815 Day
  7. Coliseum Museum of Art, Antiques and Americana hosts Pickard Collectors Club Hand Painted Porcelain Exhibit
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