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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You are seriously being WAY too generous, OP.  He IS the poor kid on campus.  He needs to work, period.  I worked 20-25 hours a week going to college away from home full time.  Your son is lazy and entitled and needs to grow up.

Do not replace the iPhone; that's ridiculous.  He can get a flip phone for free.  Or, at worst, get a used iPhone 4 online for $50.  Stop buying him things he can earn himself, like the laptop.  He could have gotten a used older MacBook for $100-200, again, out of his own money.

I think it's crazy that you send him an allowance.  With your low income, does he not qualify for a work-study job on campus?[/quote]

+1  I, too, worked about 20hrs/week as a Freshman through the work study program.  I got better paying jobs after the first year.  I worked and took classes during the summer, too.  I didn't have money or time to party.  My parents were middle/low income with one kid already in college.  My life in college was work/study/work/study.... it was damn hard.  But, I graduated with no debt.  That (having no debt) is the best gift to myself and worth the 4 yrs of hell I went through.   Just read all the posts here about how I make 375K/yr but still feel broke because of my student loans.

OP - you are waaay too generous.  I see my single sister doing the same thing that you are doing with her college age kids, and it churns my stomach.  I've said this before here on this forum, kids now a days have no grit, and that's partly the parents fault.  [/quote]

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