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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So you were getting $84,000 in child support and your ex pays a good chunk of college tuition? Your kids sound super spoiled so I actually do think you shouldn't suddenly expect them to change their expectations. But it also sounds like a conversation they need to have with rich daddy. Why isn't dad paying for the phone or the computer?[/quote]

The great thing about the college years (and age span) is that it gives kids time to transition from spoiled kid who had everything handed over ---&gt; responsible adult who can provide for themselves.[/quote]

Agree. But not sure saying to a freshman who has had years of international travel and other luxuries that now we won't pay for your laptop for school is the right way to do it. The kid needs maybe a little time to adapt to his new lifestyle without rich daddy (not sure why dad has dropped out of the financial picture, but apparently he has gone from funding luxuries to not paying for books). I'd let the kid gets his legs under him at school and then start with a strict budget and work study the second semester. Make it clear that he needs to work this coming summer to earn spending money. Map out a financial plan for the next 4 years. [/quote]

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