Harbinger wrote:
I paid for both of my children. It is my responsibility to fund the cost of their education. Be it taxes to pay for the elementary, intermediate, high school or college. If they chose a trade school instead of college, I would have paid for that instead. I also paid for their master's degrees.this is pretty much the way I have always thought about it as well, just part of my job as his parent. I was fortunate enough for my parents to pay for my undergrad and grad degree so no debt when I finished. If I would have had debt, my life would have been much different as a young professional in terms of where I could live and when I had kids.
Lots of good ideas and information in this thread, but it seems like most fall on the spectrum of paying for their kids or providing a significant amount of support.
My parents put the caveat on me when going to school that they had to approve of my major or they would not pay for it. No history, art or theatre majors were allowed if I wanted my parents to pay for it.