# Paying Off Your Adult Child’s Debt – Fund Your Own Retirement First

- Source: Money Crashers
- Published: 2026-10-19T23:45:00+00:00
- Category: Markets
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Say you’re 62 and $30,000 would wipe out your daughter’s student loans. Left invested at a 5% average annual return, that $30,000 could pay you about $200 a month for 20 years of retirement, by our math. On a credit... Source

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