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[quote=Anonymous]One of 3 siblings offers to pay private school tuition for a 6th grade nephew due to specific circumstances.  Nephew applies to a variety of schools and the cheapest option, after financial aid, is one that would otherwise be one of the most expensive.  His parent enroll him and aunt pays the $10K that’s left each year of the $50K tuition.

The third sibling has 3 younger kids.  His income is a lot lower than sibling 1, but solidly upper middle class, and much better off than sibling 2. Family has made choices like a large house in an expensive area (with great public schools) that would make it impossible for them to pay 3 tuitions at the kind of school the other cousin attends.

Sibling 1 intends to be “fair”.  While they initially made the offer due to specific needs for a specific child, they want to treat all evenly.  They offer sibling $10K (will adjust for inflation) per kid per year for middle school and high school.  Sibling 3 and spouse don’t feel that’s fair.  They feel as though if one cousin gets a $50K education their kids should too.  They also feel that  limiting it to 6th and up is unfair as well.

What do other people think?[/quote]

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