Gen Z can’t afford a house. Some parents are choosing to fund their down payments over their college funds

A parent wants to see their kid make it in life. Maybe that’s going to a good school. Maybe it’s curing some disease or making it to the big leagues. And a parent wants to help with that journey—after all, it’s a parent’s obligation to care for their child. But how that care looks like has changed over time. It once simply meant school pickups and weekend soccer games, then college savings and late-night financial advice calls. But for many parents today, that support stretches far beyond childhood, following them well into adulthood.