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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I will help out but I will not pay the full ride.

They will have to get student loans. I paid my way through college and it made me really think about how I spent my hours on the weekends while my friends were out every night with $50 bar tabs I was (in addition to my real job) working for a caterer to help pay off student loans.

I will also not pay for a car, phone, cable, or insurance.

I have boys so I will give them a certain amount of money when they get married to do with as they will - rehersal dinner or down payment on a house - up to them. 
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I'm buying a car! Better a boring but safe Honda Accord than some 20 year old death trap my kid might be able to purchase.[/quote]

[b]If they don't have student loans they will buy a sports car - or trade the one in you got and upgrade to a sports car[/b]. I drove a reliable boring car because I paid for it myself.[/quote]

What the heck are you talking about?  Are you equating no debt with financial irresponsibility?

My five siblings and I graduated from expensive name-brand schools with no student debt, thanks to my mother's hard work.  (She wore the same polyester pants, and drank milk made from powder for years to make that happen.)  We are all super-responsible adults, financially conservative.  I didn't even own a car until I was almost 30 (and I paid cash for it with savings then).  Heck, I earn six figures now, but my kids' clothing all comes from thrift shops.

You don't know what you are talking about.[/quote]

I don't think a large majority of people are doing missions in Africa because they don't have student loans. And good for you for being responsible - which I can attribute to the polyester pants - my mom wore the same. We should do a study.

But if you talk to most 20 somethings - and I know many - Hawaii, Inn at Little Washinton, Italy - great _ I am happy for them but I am not going to pay for student loans so my kids can live the life.[/quote]

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