Do you help support your graduate?

somemom
Fri, 05 Mar 2010 01:06:27 +0000

All of our kids will graduate debt free from UG; and we give them each, free & clear, the car they have driven since their teens, so they have a safe, well-maintained, used car.

One of our kids graduated and got a real job, not high paying, but able to support herself and we have really not kicked in much of anything.

Another was a grad student supporting herself not too far from home and we invited her to shop our pantry, invited her for dinners, and did other fun things to help her out, but for living life- rent, utilities, tuition, books, she was responsible. And even though she lived off campus for 3 of 4 UG years, she learned so much more as a grad student.

As some one above said, you never know what you will do to help; we had one kid go off track for a bit and we did pay for some things we had not planned, but it was part of a larger plan and it worked, so it was all worthwhile.

My kids are on my cell family plan for the cheaper rate, but they each pay for their line.

When they go to grad school, all the decisions are theirs, they will take what loans they choose etc, and as Mansfield is doing with her DDs rent, our kids do not know it, but we will be helping pay off some of those loans later. How much? Don;t know, it depends on how well we do, how much we can save, and all that sort of thing, but the best thing about it is that they will make all their own choices and we have a few years to get to the point where any loans are due.