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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My parents told me I can go to any college I want and money is no object as they are not paying. True to work they not only did not pay they charged me rent and made me pay my share of bills to house once I turned 18.

Today as the parent the world has changed. Perhaps parents should get out of the college application and paying for college business.

That said I paid 100 percent first two kids and about to do it again for kid 3.  [/quote]

You could reorient your worldview.  My family has had parent-paid college going back into the 1800s.  But the expectation is that you get a job decent enough to pay it forward for your own kids.  It's worked so far.  And each generation has been reasonable about earning scholarships and attending reasonably-priced schools.  We are UMC but not rich rich.[/quote]

My mother and father had a sixth grade education. Both sent out to work force at 12. I was doing their income taxes and helping with their finances starting at 16.

My first two went to OOS public universities with good merit aid and both have good jobs.

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