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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, I agree.  If you choose to have children, it's your responsibility to get them through college.[/quote]

Thank you! Why is this so hard to understand? [/quote]

Not every parent can afford to financially sail their children through college. Why is that hard to understand?

I got through college the same way my father did - I worked and received financial aid. Yes I will give as much support as possible but paying their way completely isn't feasible.

I posted earlier that my parents only had a college fund my brother (and it was small -about 7K) but not for my sister and I and they gave very little support while I was in college. I will do more then that and not be sexist. But my kids need to realize that I cannot and will not hand everything to them.[/quote]

This post specificaly address being able to pay for your child's education, but not willing to.  From what you said, I think your situation is more of not being able to (as it was when you went to school) and that is completely understandable.  That's what financial aid is for.  That's what scholarships are for.  However, if you had the means to pay for their education and chose not to, I find that extremely selfish.  If you want to make a point about not giving them everything, don't pay for cell phone's, expensive clothes, vacations, etc. But do not make this point on education.  For one, it's too late when they're 18 to start telling them they're not going to get everything in life.  That lesson is more appropriate at 4 or 6 or 9. All you are telling them at 18 is that they don't matter enough and that education is not something you value.  And for what it's work, I think your parents were extremely unfair.  If I only had $7000 I would have split it up evently between siblings.  No way would I give it all to only one of them.[/quote]

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