ANY PARENT that finances their kid to go to college to pursue “their dreams” in philosophy or to “find himself” DESERVES to be DESTITUTE in retirement.
The days when a person could go to college and NOT clean out themselves and/or their parents are LONG GONE. The only question now is whether your kid gets a piece of paper that has any more value than a plumber...because, at this point, very few degrees meet that standard.
There are plenty of kids at the community college I am now attending who literally can not find 1.5 inches on a ruler. That's the truth. I have personally witnessed this. Many **will** go on to earn AA and then B.A. degrees. There are plenty of baristas with college degrees who can not read a ruler or an analog clock and don't know who the Vice President is.
Plumbers have a lot of value and have to study for loads of certificates.