Shannon
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It's not an easy yes or no answer since there are so many factors involved. I think if parents are financially able to help their children pay for college, they should with stipulations. For example, my parents paid for my college but I was required to get a part-time job and they only agreed to pay for four years. This way I still took responsibility for it, knew they wouldn't keep paying if I didn't finish my school on time and wasn't strapped with debt with I graduated. While I understand the other people who discuss learning responsibility by paying for college, having $60,000+ in school debt after graduation puts a lot of pressure on your child and may force them to take a job they don't want simply because it makes more money. It was also a lot of stress for the kids who had to work full-time during school, which caused them to do worse in school and took away options when they graduated.
Bottomline, yes I think parents should pay for a majority of college but they have to know when to draw the line and not let their children take advantage of them. |
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Gizmo
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I believe it is their responsibility to help out as much as possible. Unfortunately, college tuition is so expensive that not many people can afford to pay for it entirely. I feel as though it is a parent's responsibility to ensure that their child has the tools to succeed in life and to help provide those tools whenever possible. College should be something parents start putting money aside for as soon as a child is born. At the same time, I also feel that a college student should be responsible for holding down a job and paying for books, clothing, housing etc. This is the only way they will learn how to be responsible and budget out in the adult world. While my parent's helped out a lot with my base tuition, I had a full time job and a part time job while I was in school to cover all of my rent, food, clothing, books, car and other living expenses. Had I not done this, I don't think I would have left college at all prepared for the real world. |
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Fun N Sun
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No it is not. Im 29 years old and went to college and had student loans to pay for it. My parents were very supportive and both my brother and I did go to college without our parents pocketbooks. I think we are much better off because we didn't take advantage and tried harder in school because we were the ones footing the bill. We learned a lot of responsibility and we still had full-time jobs while going to school. It takes a lot of work but anyone could do it. |
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Lisa
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No - the child is an adult. If the parents can help out, it would be nice of them to do so, but they should not be required to. |
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JB
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No. It's a great great thing if the parent has planned for college and taken the necessary investment steps. I hope and encourage a parent to do it and start early. However, at the end of the day it is the child's, who by then is an adult, responsibility. |
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Heidi S
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no it is not.. My parents did not help me.. Although this is becoming more commonplace these days since the divorce rate is so high and there are so many single parents, they are struggling just to put food on their plates. |
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sumbumblebee
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No. But I do think it's the parent's responsibility to prepare their children for the experience and the financial strain. My mother started preparing me around 10. I started saving part of anything I earned for college. She taught me about sacrificing things that I wanted right now for the greater, more important education later. There are so many families out there who can't afford to send their kids to college without any help from the kids, and there's nothing wrong with that. As long as the parent is willing to help the child learn as early as possible how to help themselves go to college, they've fulfilled their obligation and responsibilities as a parent. |
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Doctor Deth
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There is no law that requires that. Even my child support doesn;t require that. What happens if I can;t afford it? how can the government MAKE me pay for it? Most parents that can afford to pay all or part of the costs, usually help out. The student can just as easily get loans themselves.
I personally want to make sure my kids aren't going to waste my money by goofing off in school before I put any of my hard earned money towards their college education. Not for what it costs now and 11 yrs into the future until both of my kids are done |
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Booger Butt
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no...but it helps your child and thats money they dont have to worry about paying back like all those grants |
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Emoly
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No way. If they were in a decent financial position and could help out some, that's nice- great. But it's not obligated, and their offspring will experience the positive effects of having to earn their own way in life. |
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AJ
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No its not. The individual is now an adult and as an adult is responsible for everything of his. |
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now_follow
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not sure about responsilbity....depends on whether they are dependants or not...and no they are not adults...kids go to college at 16...does that term them an adult..i guess if you didnt want to look after your kids shouldnt have sex 16 years ago then should ya....id hate to think my mom and dad would leave me ( either financially or not) after i hit 16....yeah when im married or have a full time job then im not their responsibility...but if im 16 and living with parents,,,then i am |
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runforfree
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Depends where you live and what are the costs involved. If you knew it was giong to be expensive like in America then yes i do. However if it is free or only living costs then no. |
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