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[quote=Anonymous]This is why I believe it's best for parents & young adults to go into the college years with clear laid out contracts and expectations.

Parents who foot the bill (or anyone who foots any bill, really) believe that paying equals control.  However, the person they are trying to control is a new adult who is usually pretty resistant to this control most of the time.

There's nothing wrong with paying for your kid's college educational at all, but don't suddenly throw a hissy fit two years in when the kid changes their major from Chemistry to Dance when you had no stipulations in place to begin with.  I use this example because my coworker's daughter suddenly decided to switch second semester of her Sophomore year (at Duke) and make her minor (Dance) her major instead of Chemistry.  The amount of yelling that came out of my coworker's office when she found out was SO alarming that several of us rushed over because we thought for sure she'd just gotten some horrible news over the phone and was freaking out/needed emotional support.      [/quote]

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