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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you are already paying tuition, room and board, it is time for Dear Son to get a job.[/quote]
Exactly.

I think my adult son/daughter would be embarrassed to accept $100+ week from Mommy. He hasn't gotten an allowance since middle school. [/quote]

How sad for your child that they know they cannot count on you for support.  My parents paid for everything.   We worked summers and they put the money away and gave us a debit card and credit card.  They paid for everything.  I have no idea what I spent but it wasn't much and they never complained.  Same parents also taught me to set up a Roth and other retirement accounts with my first job..... as a parent I would be embarrassed not to financially support my child if they were in school, especially minors and I was able.[/quote]
NP. College should be a time of maturation, a time where young adults are taking steps to become self-sufficient and learning what it is like to be an adult in the 'real world'. Having them earn them money for dinners out with friends, concerts, beer, whatever, by working during the summer (and if the school year if they feel they need more money than what they earned in the summer) is an extremely easy way to do that. They take pride in the fact they earn money, money that is THEIRS and not given to them by their parents, and I take pride in knowing they're working hard for the things they want instead of me just giving it to them.

Just because I refuse to hand over $100 for my 20 year old to go to some music festival does not mean I am not "supporting" them, what a bizarre comment.

Also, I don't know of ANY minors who are in college. Maybe some if they have a late birthday or were pushed ahead, but that is a tiny minority. [/quote]

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