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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"Are u serious...u have basically valued t2 kids college education above the lives and existence of the othe 2. 
Oow dumb is that? "

Why is that dumb? We also stopped at two children, so we could give more to those children.  [/quote]
You missed my point!
The pp was saying that the other family should have stopped at 2 kids so that they could give them what the PP felt was necessary...not what the family in question felt and were able to give.
Honestly, this whole conversation is ridiculous to me.
Each family gives what they can and are willing to do in accordance with their values, means,  and desires.
My mother was a single parent who was not able to fund my college financially.
What she did give me was much more valuable:

a) role model of a parent willing to work as  hard as they could to provide for their child

b) a LOVE OF LEARNING (be it formal or informal education)

c)  a work ethic that propelled me to go after and obtain those things i desired but were not GIVEN TO ME

D) an understanding that everyone's circumstances and abilities are not the same

E) LOVE

While a college education is a great tool to have -- it is not the only element of and predictor of future sucess.
It is not the one definitive manifestation of your love for children and your ability as a parent.
It is an education combined with so many other things that give folks to have a fighting chance of what folks define as sucess.
Sadly many define it soley by the lettrs after their names and the zeros on their pay stubs.[/quote]

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