9 Ways to Rescue Your Retirement in 2019

3. Emancipate adult kids

Sit down with grown children and tell them what you are facing.

It’s a tough conversation. But laying your financial cards on the table gives them information they may need to plan their lives. It also may let you get a sense of whether living with them or expecting any support from them in your old age is a possibility.

Also, if your retirement is in peril and you are helping your adult kids financially, you’ll have to stop. There are other good reasons for withdrawing your support besides your money woes: Supporting adult kids can undermine their self-sufficiency.