Bank of Mom and Dad Shuts Amid White-Collar Struggle
Many families such as the Johnsons—upper-middle-class professionals—are suddenly downwardly mobile. For years, they used rising family wealth to help foot the bill for college, down payments for houses and start-up cash for children's careers. But pay cuts, layoffs and the decadelong flatlining of the stock market mean many families can no longer help their children. Mary Pilon, The Wall Street Journal, April 5, 2010