Should You Go Into Debt...
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Should You Go Into Debt...
| Mon, 01-10-2011 - 12:38pm |
... to send your kids to college?
For many people, it's understandable and normal to throw everything you can at your kids so they can go to college and get that degree. After all, they'll take care of you when you get old, right? And what about after college? Does financing your kids end there? Well, we may all wish that's the case, but the reality is that with an unemployment level twice as high as the general population, 20-somethings are coming back home to their parents in record numbers, and rarely at no cost.
Read more here: http://www.ivillage.com/should-you-go-debt-send-your-kid-college/7-a-310631?ftr=iv%3Afb%3Adebtforcollege?ice=iv:mb:msg:kp
What do you think?
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My folks passed almost 3 years ago now, and only because of that we are able to send our ds to college the university of his choice.
Ramona Mom to 2 great kids and wife to one wonderful hubby since 1990!
I didn't click on the link so this is really an off-the-cuff reply, but I think this is a matter of values. People go into debt for all sorts of reasons--cars, houses--and these reasons reflect their priorities. I can't imagine jeopardizing