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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t get “skin in the game” because I don’t see how $10k or $100k is more important than your own life being in it. I can see $100k making you choose a different path, like a different college, but not caring vs not caring. [/quote]

Yes, I think this was invented by selfish idiots to try to justify their lack of planning and their lack of care for their children.

KIDS ALREADY HAVE SKIN IN THE GAME. It's their life, they're living it! They sleep in the dorm, eat the dining hall food, go to class, do the work, earn the grades, get the summer job.

If people want to talk about "skin in the game", they should use that term to refer to the parental role. The only way a parent can have "skin in the game" is by paying. They're not the ones attending class. They are investing in their children's education, and trying to reduce the risk that their adults kids fail to get jobs, and need unending support later. This is what a college diploma is trying to protect from.

Ultimately, you are paying for the chance at a middle class life, so that your adult children can support their future children and pay it forward down the generations.

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