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As a parent, I will lety kid choose their major without trying to backseat drive. You get one shot at college, study what you want.[/quote]

It's one thing to do that when college was cheap decades ago, but now college costs an insane amount of money, "study what you want" is frankly stupid.[/quote]

But so is forcing your kid into a major they don't want-- they won't ever get the value out of it because they won't work hard at a career in a field they hate.

It has to be balanced. They can choose their major but need to have a reasonable plan for employment/career. [/quote]

This 1000%!

If your kid wants to be a creative writing major, go for it.  But also encourage them to get a minor in maybe business or marketing or digital design or something that will help hook them into a career path.  And know going in that they simply have to do more work to find their jobs/career path.  It won't drop into their lap like a MechEng major will

However, also know that you should not go into major debt for any degree but especially for one where the starting salary is not high.  English majors might make $100K+, but not likely in first 5 years, so plan accordingly 
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