The Mamas and the Papas: Will Your Parents Become a Burden or a Boon? No one relishes the thought of watching their parents age, or those final days of their lives in which tough emotional, mental, and financial decisions have to be made. But there is a huge misunderstanding when it comes to the financial wherewithal of moms and dads all across the US: most Millennial and Gen X children are fearful their parents don’t have enough to retire on, enough to live on if they need to be placed in assisted care, or even enough to pay for their funeral or hospice care if needed. The (albeit morbid) good…