Parental pressure horror stories

parabella
Thu, 29 Jun 2006 18:54:49 +0000

Opie,
I believe that you had nothing to do with the grassy knoll. I also have nothing against “The Speech” . Heck, we gave it to our son( and more than once) . That said, I would never consider cutting off the tuition money because S wants to go into humanities( Poli Sci, OMG) and not into engineering or biology( his dad’s pet majors) . The thought of parents actually doing such a thing makes me uneasy. The reason i asked when you graduated is, times have changed since then, and pretty dramatically, in my opinion. Yes, one probably can put oneself through college even now, but in my eyes it will be such a failure on the parents’ part( I am speaking strictly about the situation when parents can and are willing to pay, but only for a particular school or major) . In my eyes it should by either: I will be paying what i can afford, or I will not pay at all, you are on your own, kid. And spoken well before college apps season comes around. So everybody knows what to expect and the kid can make some steps accordingly ahead of time.