re: Is a parent responsible to pay for their kid's college?

I went into the Army and had GI Bill. Came out of LSU debt free. However, deployed twice to the Ghan, which put college on hold for 36 months.

frick NO.

My wife keeps talking about college tuition for our kids. I don’t want to save for their tuition. I want to save for my retirement. I’m fine with a little 529 account for people to contribute in lieu of Xmas presents etc but otherwise, the kids can take out loans.

As a parent that is currently helping his son through college as an engineering student at UF, I see it as a combined effort. He has paid his fair share to no
Use a full academic scholarship. We have provided a condo, late model car and spending money. We saved for 18 long years for his education. We were able to buy a condo because of his scholarship. It actually will save us a lot more f money in the long run.

All of mine have used every means possible for merit based aid, tops, other scholarships etc...and I pay the rest regardless of what that is for undergrad. I don’t want my children saddled with student loan debt but they know their end of the bargain means basically for them a STEM degree. Continuing education beyond undergrad is on a case by case basis. One case yes....one case well we’ll see.

I paid for school, housing, food, phone and vehicle. Just about everything but his party money which he worked for during the summer.

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I'm 25 and dont have any kids myself but it seems like a lot of commercials/TV shows/movies insinuate that its a parent's basic responsibility to send their kids to college, same as feeding them and putting a roof over their head.

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Roof and feeding, yes.

Your job is to get a's so you can get scholarships. Not frick around, fail classes, and hope mommy and daddy can pay for your tuition.

Now if they can and want to, by all means. But not all families have that capability

We told our kids 4 years and a bachelors and we would do everything we could to help them with no debt. One went over 4 years and the other is a dumbass.

No.

My parents helped as much as they could my first year, then I was on my own. Having had the experience of working my way through college forced me to become a responsible adult. I took some lumps and learned on my way.

With that said, I will make sure my two children have what they need to get an education after high school. But, they wont know that. They will be expected to go for any and all scholarships available. They will work while they go to school (I'm paying for the classes, not the party). They will have the option to work toward any program they wish. If passing grades aren't there, the money gets cut off.