Timing of athletic aid discussion

twoinanddone
Wed, 19 Sep 2018 18:27:40 +0000

I was trying to let my daughter handle all the questions per advice received on CC and other places, and finally she just looked at me and said “Can you just handle the money?” She was, after all, 16 years old, and really had no idea how to get $55k, how much she’d be getting from grants, loans, scholarship, or me. She had no idea how much I made or contributed to a 401k or how FAFSA worked (neither did I). I just took over the talk about funds. I think the coach was relieved too, as discussing finances with a 16 year old isn’t all that much fun either.

So I just did/do all the finances. I’ve also received criticism about doing her taxes, but there really isn’t any other way to do it. I have to do mine, then hers, because hers need info from mine and mine need info from hers. And I filed the FAFSA forms. I’m just a control freak, I guess.