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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Paying for the eldest and youngest and not the middle seems like a hell of a way to reenforce middle child syndrome [/quote]

OP here and 100% true. If I think private would be a better fit for youngest kid later I will really have painted myself into a corner. [/quote]

Hi OP-  if you’re able, you could set what would have been the tuition money aside for your middle child for something else later.  I haven’t fully thought that suggestion through, just throwing it out there.  Does middle child seem to have a preference?[/quote]

NP yes like super fancy sleepaway camp[/quote]

No, more along the lines of contributing to grad school if the parents would normally only pay through undergrad, or something more along those lines.  I also see the logic of a prior poster that said everything doesn’t have to be equal.  Different things for different circumstances/families.[/quote]

No, it should happen at the same time. A kid who sees his siblings go to a fancy school will not be mollified by grad school for 15+ years in the future. And when it’s time for grad school, the siblings will resent him and say private school wasn’t worth it, their parents should have paid for their grad school instead too.[/quote]

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