Most established parents don’t think that their
children should be supporting them in their old age. Others, however,
think it is a child’s duty to support his or her parents when they are
going old. For the parents who don’t want your money, there are several
ways to quietly give them money through the backdoor. Giving money
through the backdoor is giving a person the thing that the money will
buy, as explained in the steps below:
Show up with provisions
Comfortable
parents will hardly request for money from their children. But it is
important to always show appreciation to your parents and knowing they
will not accept money from you, you should use money and get them what
they will accept. This is always an easy way to free up other money that
they need. If you are buying the groceries, they can spend the grocery
money on the bills. Be careful to just do it once and a while or they
will catch on to what you are doing. Children should appreciate their
parents for this is right.
Pay down a bill for them
Many
older adults live on fixed incomes. This income allows little wiggle
room in the finance department. Pay down some of the credit or pay the
electric bill of your parents for a few months in advance. Pick up the
bill and mail it in for them as a surprise package or it may not
necessarily be a form of surprise. But just make sure you do something
soothing to them. They may follow up on it with the company, but the
company will say that it was paid and they will appreciate that it was
paid.
Offer to pick up their medications
Older adults tend
to take ill often. They need medical attention than younger adults,
hence it is the duty of a child to cater for his parents by getting them
their medications or assigning someone to do the job. If you go to the
pharmacy and get the medication, you can also pay for it. If you pay for
it, then you have freed up money for your parents to use elsewhere.
This will go a long way in helping out solve some issues requiring
financial attention.
Pay for items when driving with them
Offer
to pay for things when you are running around town with your parents.
If you go out to eat, offer to pay for it. If you take them on Christmas
shopping, offer to pay for it. They may not let you at first, but be
persistent. Eventually they will give in so as to not offend you. This
is a form of healing and making them realise you appreciate them and as
well increasing their personal finances.
Send money or gift cards for holidays
Of
course comfortable parents may not want cash from their children, it is
not bad sending them money, experts say. If the premise is that it is a
gift, then they won’t return it to you. Take the backdoor into your
parents’ life and bless them as they have blessed you for this is
something that makes them happy and renew their energy to see you
around.
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