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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m incredibly proud of what my kids have done in their post college years. (Yes, without loans). When they ask why we dont have a lake house I smille and remind them we paid $200,000 to $250,000 for each of them to attend their greatl LACs. [/quote]

My mom had four kids. Her rules were everyone must get a graduate degree. All four kids did. Her other rules were no loans. Not allowed. Her final rule she was not paying for college. We all graduated loan free.

I recall one day in grad school in freezing winter I worked ten hours at work had three hours of class and was doing homework at 1am. I was ready to drop out. My mom came downstairs and I told her she packed a bag of my stuff and opened the door and said drop outs don’t live in my house. I go it is freezing out and 1 am. She goes I am not the drop out you are. I changed my mind!!

To the day she died still pissed at sister for not finishing PhD. Her only drop out. [/quote]

The internal contradictions here are priceless.  A parent can think and believe that a high school graduate is an adult who has to pay for college themselves.  But that same parent is a complete hypocrite when she (i) insists the kids go to college (and graduate school!) and even worse, forbid them financial an education with loans.  That's not treating your kids like adults, it's picking and choosing when they are adults to justify your decision not to pay for college. [/quote]

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