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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Nothing.

We have plenty of money to pay for undergrad, but doing so does nothing but make them dependenton others. After 18 it is on them, me and DH were both coddled with college paid for school and we dealt with the mental health issues doing so leads to. Lack of financial awareness, lack of hard wor, lack of true ambition, choice of non-STEM major (DH). We want a better life for our kids.

DS got good scholarships and decided to fund the rest through loans and hard work. DD1 chose not to go to school and instead joined te workforce. DD2 is 16 and currently deciding her path.[/quote]

I'd bet this PP is either first generation immigrant or POC.  They think they will harden their kids by making them pay when they could afford it. The result is an 18 year old deciding to skip college, and a 16 year old likely going to do the same thing.  And a son who will have a degree from a mediocre college with heavy loans.  They will all struggle in a "middle class" that looks far worse than even today's crappy middle class standards.  But you sure showed them, right? [/quote]

It's not 1982 anymore.  College costs huge amounts of money, students who work too many hours get bad grades and suffer a lot of stress, and people with too much student debt have a hard time advancing financially as adults.[/quote]

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