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[quote=Anonymous]No.  Just, no.

My DH comes from a long line of Catholic school kids.  His siblings send their kids to Catholic school and I just won't have it.  I grew up pretty poor, DH's family wasn't much better off, and now that we are educated and doing well for ourselves I refuse to spend money on schools.  We will be moving before our DS starts K specifically to land in a good school district - I have two in mind in our hometown and I will not budge.  DS wants me to remain open to Catholic HS if our son (or any subsequent children) chooses that route one day and I am ok with that compromise - at least it's only 4 years of tuition payments instead of 13.

Every single financial advisor worth the money will tell you that the FIRST thing you take care of is your own retirement.  Your not doing your kids any service by blowing your savings and making them feel obligated down the road to take care of you.

Your DH is being overly emotional about his kids' troubles, and this is not the way to help them.  Lots of kids are unhappy socially.  You should be saving your money and finding ways to help them cope, adapt, come out of their shell, whatever.  As parents it is not our job to make sure that our children never feel any discomfort - our job is to help them learn how to cope and how to solve their own problems.

Good luck and stand firm.  Your DH is totally, 100% wrong about this issue IMO.[/quote]

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