<p>"“If you’re a parent PLUS borrower, you can defer repayment of Direct PLUS Loans first disbursed on or after July 1, 2008, while the student for whom you obtained the loan is enrolled at least half time, and for an additional 6 months after the student graduates or drops below half-time enrollment (half-time enrollment status is determined by your child’s school). You must separately request each deferment period.”"</p>
<p>The above needs to stop. It just encourages parents who cant afford to pay back the loans to take them out thinking the child will pay them back. If parents had to make interest payments (or more) while the student was in school, it would stop a lot of this nonsense.</p>