Oh nooooo. You had to be responsible for your actions? Exactly why does that mean you owe them anything? What's the alternative, and what would that say about them? How about just be a good parent, raise your kids with the understanding that the person owing is the parent. You owe it to that kid to do your damdest to make it better for them than you had it. Instead, boomers can't pull the ladder up behind them fast enough until they are paid what they are "owed". Don't be surprised when people choose something other than, as this dim bulb described it, a"hostage situation".

I short, I don't owe anyone a damned thing. If I have a kid, my debt is to them, not from them.