IntroductionPersonal networks consist of close friends, family members, and other trusted people (Wrzus, Hanel, Wagner, & Neyer, 2013). Today, compared to previous generations, family relationships are less driven by duty and more focused on personal affection (Lowenstein, Katz, & Gur-Yaish, 2007). In most people's lives, young or old, they communicate out of affection. They show that they care about each other and what is going on in each other's lives (Fowler, 2009). When older adults come from lower socioeconomic backgrounds and lower levels of education, they are more likely to have a stronger emotional connection to their family and less likely to suffer from some sort of chronic illness (Lowenstein et al., 2007). As mentioned previously, when parents come from poor health, low education, and have not moved recently, they are more likely to maintain close family ties with their adult children and siblings (Hank, 2007). Close relationships between older people and their family members help improve their well-being, but they also impact younger generations' views of these relationships (Sener, Oztop, Dogan & Guven, 2008). In the life of an older person, their relationships can be very important. Much like sibling relationships, older adults benefit from intergenerational relationships, such as with their adult children, for life satisfaction (Lowenstein et al., 2007). Adult Children As parents age, they will likely need more support and assistance than they realize (Kim, Zarit, Eggebeen, Birditt, Fingerman, 2011). It has been shown that when children received emotional and financial support from their parents as young adults, they were m...... middle of paper ......ences and Social Sciences , 66, 527– 537. Lowenstein, A., Katz, R., Gur-Yaish, N. (2007). Reciprocity in parent-child exchange and life satisfaction among older adults: a cross-national perspective. Journal of Social Issues, 63, 865-883. Myers, SA, (2011). I must like him, even if sometimes I don't like him: the reasons why adults maintain sibling relationships. North American Journal of Psychology, 13Sener, A., Oztop, H., Dogan, N., & Guven, S. (2008). Family, relatives, friends: life satisfaction of elderly people. Educational Gerontology, 34, 890-906Silverstein, M. and Giarusso, R. (2010). Aging and family life: review of a decade. Journal of Marriage and Family, 72, 1039-1058. Wrzus, C., Hanel, M., Wagner, J. and Neyer, FJ (2013). Changes in social networks and life events across the lifespan: A meta-analysis. Psychological bulletin, 139, 53-80.