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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You all need some perspective.  When I started college in the late 1990s, my parents didn't pay for any of it.  I had a scholarship and some small loans to pay for housing.  My mother scraped together $100 to give me as start up cash, dropped me off, and that was it.

I know, I know...the horror.  But I live to tell.[/quote]

So what? When I started college in 1995 my parents paid for everything that financial aid didn't cover AND sent me money once a month. I'm sorry you had to take out loans, I'm sorry your mom couldn't give you more than $100, I'm sorry you didn't get more financial support. But you probably didn't get it because your mom didn't have it to give. My parents had more to give, so they gave it. I have a very strong work ethic despite that, and despite moving home after college for a couple of years. Don't we want better for our children? I want mine to struggle even less than I did. I really believe that can be balanced with teaching them the strong work ethic my brother and I have. [/quote]

PP you quoted here.  Based on your post you sound intelligent and very reasonable about teaching your kids the value of a strong work ethic.  I agree with everything you said.  I most definitely want my DD to suffer less than I did.  I still would maintain that some of the "budgets" being discussed here are ridiculous. As someone who manages young employees in the workplace, I have dealt with more than a few new graduates who were horribly entitled.  Reading this thread has given me a glimpse of the kind of parenting decisions that *might* contribute to that kind of attitude.[/quote]

Oh good gracious! Now allowances lead to feelings of entitlement. HILARIOUS! Of course, 'entitled' is subjective. To someone else, it may be an employee who wants fairness.  :D

But I guess you weaken the case of the posters who claim those with allowances won't be able to get jobs...all because somehow the interviewer will know their parent gave them allowances while they were in college.

You guys really need to get the chip off your shoulders just because you had to struggle through undergrad. Chips on shoulders simply weigh you down in life.[/quote]

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