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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not everyone has full pay college for kids. 
Go on a few good vacations.
Then see about saving more.[/quote]

I would feel like a terrible parent if I made my kids take out debt for college because I wanted to visit Mexico a few times per year.  I grew up poor, we didn't take vacations after I was 12 and before that it was always driving with a camper attached (and staying in a cheap campground where you had to communal shower, run to toilets during the middle of the night).  But as the kids hit teen years, my parents buckled down even more to save for their retirement (they were behind due to job losses/layoffs) so they wouldn't be a burden to us.  They helped with college, we took the max loans (and then some from other family members who could afford to help with a loan).  But yeah I would have been pissed as a 20 something or beyond had my parents been taking flying vacations when I was a teen and I couldn't attend college for reasonably low debt.

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