Notifying an intelligent eighth grader that they will be responsible for their education has worked for the people in my circle.
We support everything through high school, motivate them to do well for scholarships.
They tell me when they need to go for SAT testing, they apply for scholarships and keep track of criteria for same, and they consider what they want to do when they get to adulthood, thus planning their education.
they like it a lot better than what they see from their peers who are under their parents’ thumbs ordering them what to do every day ‘because we are paying for college”
Heck, ask a kid which they prefer, doing it your way or theirs.
ideally, with kids being consumers, they’ll demand a good education at college, which they are not necessarily getting. THey are certainly not allowed free speech theire.
And Tuition rates demand that kids carry an average after college debt of $29,000.00.
give them a choice.
They can’t start families with that kind of debt.
Helping a kid in every onther way in supporting them at college, and refusing to pay that ridiculous sum is bad?
Not what I’ve seen.
We have kids here with $60,000.00 debt, having not planned well.
They’re not taking care of anyone else in retirement, they’ll have their won to manage after paying that back, if ever.
Know a pair of lawyers. $300,000.00 debt. they can’t even afford for one to stay home w kids. and they’re aware enough to know they’re paying 25% of every check for retirement of strangers with SS.
You, like most people I am assuming choose where you lived primarily because of the quality of the school district. You helped them with their home work, worked with yourself in your spare time, volunteered and got involved in every way to help them get the most out of their education. Heck, you might even have sacrificed and paid to send them to a private school or decided to forgo a career to home school them.
And now... within sight of the goal... you decide to just let whatever happens happen?
I will support my children in any and all education endeavors they choose to pursue all the way through graduate school if necessary. I didn't sacrifice, my parents and their parents didn't sacrifice, so they I could leave it all to chance at the last moment when it comes to my children.
Now. If they decided they wanted to just go party at school, or to get a degree in something useless like womens studies... then they are of course on their own to pursue such nonsense. But if they want to actually get a quality education that will advance them in life, I am there for them 100%
“We have kids here with $60,000.00 debt, having not planned well.”
I never understood the college debt issue (I worked full-time while attending college full-time), but these young people today should be wary of spending that time & money just to have 1) the jobs sent elsewhere, or 2) foreigners imported to do it here.
Investing in an education today is very different than it was 30 years ago.