As kids get closer to college, Kanna notes, their parents become increasingly willing to pay for outside guidance.

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Moreover, Halperin notes, the additional attention patients get in clinical trials caused their warfarin doses to be better adjusted than they would be in the real world.

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Coontz notes some couples even choose not to marry in order to reassure adult children that they'll get their inheritances.

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