Most parents do have the means to either pay for good private/religious schools for their children or homeschool. The problem is that many parents aren’t willing to sacrifice or do extra work like you did. Too many parents think that they are paying taxes for public schools, so that should be good enough.
When parents decide that a couple of lattes a day from Starbucks and a new car every three years is more important than their children’s education, there’s a disaster looming.
I agree. I have friends who spend tons of money going out to movies, going out to eat, buying Starbucks, LEASING the latest cars, buying video games and video game machines for their children, etc...
If they put that money into their children’s future instead, they’d be able to afford the tuition, especially to religious schools who are not-for-profit.
In fact, I’d rather put money into private school than the college fund. You’re in school for 12 years, but in college for 4 (for a Bachelor’s). I’d rather our kids grow up to be decent people with a good educational background. Then they can tackle college either with our help or working for it themselves.
Bravo to you Graybeard58! Not many people in this day and age would have sacrificed and worked hard for their kids like you did.