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Older people often choose to spend money on themselves (e.g. on holidays) rather than save money for their children after retirement. Is this a positive or negative development?

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During
life
, many parents prefer to spend their
money
 on their
children
. But the older they become than more
money
 they prefer to use for themselves than collect them for kids. I believe that a positive effect is much better than a negative one. First of all, as time passes, elderly
people
 start to trust
children
 more.
In other words
, they see that kids are going to be well-qualified and prosperous individuals and can cope with their problems alone.
That is
 why they are experiencing relief in terms of adoption and endless help to kids.
In addition
, healthy egoism lets them spend more
money
 without feeling anxious or guilty.
For example
, many aged
people
 travel a lot, taking high expenditure. They feel that their
children
's duties are over.
Secondly
, after a certain age, many
people
 feel that they are going to be older and
life
 is not endless.
Nevertheless
, they have spent their
life
, and they have not seen much of what upsets a lot of
people
.
This
 is because their
life
 has passed in the care of somebody else, even their
children
.
Thus
, many retiring
people
 try to supply the end of their
life
 by pursuing their dreams and endeavours. Evidently,
this
 deliverance can bring the whole family to better harmonical relationships.
To sum up
, it is the tendency to spend more
money
 on retired
people
 for themselves rather than on
children
 has a certain positive basement.
Such
 things as decreasing internal anxiety and growing wish to follow their own dreams prioritise
money
 expenditures.
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