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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You’re the parents so you get to set the rules, unless she is now self-financing.[/quote]

This likely isn't about cost---it's about control.  Why restrict your kids simply because you cannot deal with them growing up?

Most we did was make our kids aware of how long it would take them/us to get to their choices.  We would prefer that they be within an easy ride from an airport (where there is public transport or Uber/lyft that won't cost $200 to get to/from the airpot)---not at a school where your kid needs to take a bus/Uber for 90 mins to get to the nearby small airport and then need to take 2 flights to get home, because that would be 12-15 hours of "traveling" each direction.  we wouldn't have stopped our kids from doing that, but we made them aware how challenging that would be to come home for 4 day fall break when you need to spend 15 hours each way traveling.  As it is one kid is 2K miles from home, but it takes 8+ hours---airport is 10 mins from dorm, but it's 2 flights so you have 2-3 choices each day for getting out and then have to wait for the connection.  [/quote]

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