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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]None, they work during the summer for their spending money[/quote]

Yup. We are determined that he won’t have student loans for undergrad but can’t give him money every week/month.[/quote]

OP-I am really torn. We could easily give him more money because he picked a college that gave him incredible amounts of merit aid, reducing tuition to a very small amount. But I am concerned that if we give him more, he will never learn to budget...Or maybe giving him a bit more will enable him to save? I am really not sure what to do here. We could easily up the allowance to $200 v. $100/mo BUT I would be pretty annoyed if he spent it on silly things.[/quote]
He was responsible enough to be a great student. Probably give him the benefit of the of the doubt now. And sure, they're going to buy a silly halloween costume or a holiday decoration or something we find unnecessary but isn't that part of the experience of college? (as you said you can afford the spending money)[/quote]
I don't know why people (who can afford it) were fine spending "silly" money on their high schooler, but 6 months later they cut the kid off. [/quote]

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