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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DC knows that the current school is only affordable for us because of the merit award.  That automatically means the expectations are 1) graduate in four years, since that’s all it’s good for, and 2) maintain the minimum GPA required by the school to keep the scholarship.  DH and I did not set any additional expectations beyond those.

We do not have access to grades, nor have we asked for that.  We did ask DC to grant us access to the billing portal so that we can more easily make the payments. [/quote]

This is what we did.

Also, I will add that we had a kid banking account under our accounts starting in high school for things like food, gas and misc school stuff.

We told our college kids that if they want money from us for those things, they cannot unlink the acct when they turn 18.  Mostly because the linked accounts make it more convenient for us to get money in quickly for things like books.  It also is used as proof of life, so we don't bother them with texts or track their phone like most of the other parents.  If there are Taco Bell and coffee shop purchases in that account, we know the kid is alive even if they haven't called or answered texts in weeks.  We encouage them to open their own accounts elsewhere for adulting, but the expense account stays under us if they want to be financed by the bank of mom and dad.[/quote]

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