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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If $1000 really sways the decision-making or your kid has health issues, then sure, limit their choices. Otherwise, let them decide for themselves. Geez. [/quote]

In this country, there are far more families for whom $1000 is enough to sway decision making than than there are families for whom it isn't.  If you're in the latter category, then let your kid go as far as they want, but please refrain from judging other families who may have different circumstances.

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I always love these posts from the pretty-damned-well-off accusing the very-well-off from not understanding people from different circumstances. This thread started with a bunch of parents weighing in who said it was ok to condition where your kids went to college [i]because the parents were the ones paying for college.[/i] That's silly reasoning because if you can afford to finance your child's education, you can budget for occasional travel costs, which are minor compared to tuition. This suggests that the concern over travel costs is really masking an uneasiness with the kid moving away.

It is certainly true that a huge percentage of the country could not afford to pay these travel costs. However, those folks are also not paying for their children's college tuition. Those children are financing it themselves, or have scholarships, or are not attending college.  [/quote]

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