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Did you miss the part where he had money, and blew through it in 3 months?  [/quote]

It was his first semester living away from home dealing with expenses and clearly there wasn't a budget or plan for spending money in place, so cut the guy a break. The OP is talking about sending her child $100 or $200 here and there so clearly he's not a big spender.   He's learning about the real world. It's a process, not a "you failed on the first try so now you're cut off" game.   [b]Mom should send X money [/b]with a plan, not just random amounts of money at random times. [/quote]

there is no "should" here. Sending money when ever he runs out is just enabling bad spending habits. The kids needs to figure out how to make ends meet. This is no different than having to live on a budget between pay checks. I might be on board with giving the kid money but ONLY after he makes it to some benchmark like... January 1st. Simply send him back to school with 100 and say to him, this is your budget for the quarter. IF he blows it do not give him more.[/quote]

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