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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'll be the guy who supports the OP's side.

If you are a parent who can afford to pay for your child's education but chooses not to, you are a shitty person and a bad parent.[/quote]

I agree with this.[/quote]

Well this all depends on afford. Refinancing a mortgage? Taking out loans to pay off? Not saving enough for retirement?  Those who flat out have the money to send multiple kids to a $50-70K college is less than 5% of the country.

My parents told me they would pay $10K a year. Not a penny more. It was up to me to look for scholarships or maybe even something local. Or I could choose to take loans out, but my father showed me a breakdown of this. I am sure he could have helped more but he didn’t throw money around.

I chose a local nursing school affiliated with a hospital. Was able to get my associates at the community colllege, my diploma in nursing while living at home. In return not only did my parents pay for all of it, but purchased a used car for me since schooling was so inexpensive. I graduated in 2.5yrs and was making $55K out of school and my new employer paid for my BS and then my MS a little while later.  I am now a nurse practitioner and my parents are retired with no debt and are living a comfortable life they deserve.

I can assure you if my parents told me they would pay or help with loans, I would have carelessly picked a 4yr college for a BS in nursing and partied hard. So I am not sure parents are during their kids any favor spending all of their hard earned money on a child’s college education. I have seen many kids blow it in college and many jobless after college. When Daddy is paying the bills, it is s lot easier to be a slacker. And sometimes Daddy and Mommy lose jobs and the last thing you want is debt heading into your prime retirement years. [/quote]

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