I paid the equivalent of BYU tuition. However, I pad housing/boarding. Tuition was on them. If they got scholarships,

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Jul 30, 2022
8:12:39am

Zenoch All-American

I paid the equivalent of BYU tuition. However, I pad housing/boarding. Tuition was on them. If they got scholarships,

etc - then they were good. I did it this way to incentivize them academically.

All of them went to BYU and all of them finished their degrees without any loans. They all worked during the summers - and then some of them worked the last year or two of school.

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Zenoch

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Author

Time

POLL: Do (did) you pay college expenses for your kid(s)?

DwigtA2RM

7/30/22 7:54am

529

Dark Forest Green

7/30/22 7:55am

Same, they get what I put in the 529

BoiseCougar

7/30/22 7:57am

Saving for it but won't tell them I am.

RootieBoy

7/30/22 8:00am

BYU Tuition, rent and car shared between siblings

Acorn

7/30/22 8:01am

529 for 1st year tuition/boarding. Want experience living away from home &

BYU'01

7/30/22 8:01am

They'll get every bit as much as I got.

vagabonder

7/30/22 8:02am

My deal is I pay the equivalent of BYU tuition. If they go somewhere else,

Mister P

7/30/22 8:03am

That’s exactly what I do…. my son just finished year one at CU.

silk

7/30/22 8:06am

I paid the equivalent of BYU tuition. However, I pad housing/boarding. Tuition was on them. If they got scholarships,

Zenoch

7/30/22 8:12am

I wouldnt harm my kids by doing that. Ill teach them how to do it on their own.

Backcountry

7/30/22 8:04am

After all those years of harm, covering their K-12 expenses.... too late?

Plato

7/30/22 8:07am

I wasnt aware that my kindergarteners were adults.

Backcountry

7/30/22 8:08am

Right, not till they were baptized and became accountable.

Plato

7/30/22 8:10am

Nothing keeping you from tracking those expenses and requiring repayment

7/30/22 8:14am

Hm. Fascinating.

Backcountry

7/30/22 8:16am

I don't think that would do any more harm than has already been done

Baron

7/30/22 8:17am

Both of our sons made more money from scholarships than what they had to pay to

O Gaucho

7/30/22 8:26am

We pay first year fully, then help with rent and a few other things afterwards.

bag

7/30/22 8:29am

If they are living on their own I'll pay the first 2 years. If they are living

SUAVO

7/30/22 8:33am

I have 4 years worth ready to go (Post 9/11 GI Bill)

Medute

7/30/22 8:43am

We made it clear that we wouldn't pay for their college, I am very glad

libertycoug

7/30/22 8:44am

“She is happy that we are not paying for her school”

Medute

7/30/22 8:59am

When she was 17 she wanted "more responsibility" bought her own car and

libertycoug

7/30/22 9:17am

Sounds like a great kid. To me these discussions come down to whether what the

cougfanz

7/30/22 10:35am

But you're right. I should say: she says she's happy

libertycoug

7/30/22 9:51am

Tl;dr

libertycoug

7/30/22 9:02am

If you can afford it, you should.

memento

7/30/22 8:51am

Post 9/11 GI Bill let’s me give a year of tuition/books/stipend

demon_llama

7/30/22 9:08am

Set up an account with enough to cover everything but told them whatever

Jersey hunter

7/30/22 9:21am

That's what scholarships are for. Even if you don't get one immediately after HS, you can get multiple scholarships

7/30/22 9:25am

Really wish my parents could have helped me out with college

7/30/22 10:00am

It’s a no brainer to help if you can…unless your kids are awful

Medute

7/30/22 10:08am

For the awful kids I will tell them

7/30/22 10:55am

My parents wish they could have helped with ours. I really like the arrangement

RootieBoy

7/30/22 10:11am

All five are college grads and paid well

lightmann

7/30/22 11:25am

We tell our kids that we will pay tuition & books that would be the equivalent

OBXCougar

7/30/22 11:36am

I have a speech that my kids all know by heart (5 currently all in their 20s):

BYU-Dukie

7/30/22 9:46pm

We paid for year 1 - the rest was on them.

BlueInfidel

7/31/22 3:17am

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