We always lived frugally with very limited debt, a small house and cheap cars.
It’s rubbed off on the kids. One owes us a small amount and another bought a car from her brother that she’s making payments to him interest free on. Besides that, zero debt among four kids.
“Besides that, zero debt among four kids.”
That’s impressive! :)
When ‘The Middle Kid’ was ready for college, I told him he could live at home rent-free (while enrolled) and I would pay for his fees and books. HOWEVER - he also had to be working part-time to cover his tuition at the local Tech College. I would not pay one DIME towards a socialist state college - he needed to be earning a degree in something that would make a solid living. He also had some financial help from his ‘real’ Mom. I was just his Evil Step Mother. ;)
And now? He’s a Traffic Routing Engineer for a major Midwest city. He’s the one that studies the traffic patterns and has input as to where new roads, road expansion and round-a-bouts are placed for the local DOT. He’s also very knowledgeable on computers, so that helps a LOT with this job.
All accomplished on a pay-as-you-go basis. :)