tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-535631368064334837.post3390129839782560812..comments2024-03-13T09:03:45.909-07:00Comments on The Angry Redheaded Lawyer: On Not Paying for a Child's College EducationFilm Co. Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11995928421833366660noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-535631368064334837.post-78315323714221190022009-12-30T09:38:54.808-08:002009-12-30T09:38:54.808-08:00Well my real issue in writing was the idea of pare...Well my real issue in writing was the idea of parents trying to piggy back on their kids' success while saying "I refuse to help you", especially if the parents themselves never did a thing. I know people who told their kids they wouldn't help with college but I guarantee that the minute those kids made $ or did something great, those parents would have had their hands out.<br /><br />My own parents fall into the "we'd like to help but we can't" category. They didn't go to college; had they had the $ & pulled that, they'd have been dead to me long before I became the first person in my family to GO to law school.Film Co. Lawyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11995928421833366660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-535631368064334837.post-61038894923291609992009-12-30T06:40:16.586-08:002009-12-30T06:40:16.586-08:00My folks were able to help me out with undergrad, ...My folks were able to help me out with undergrad, but not with law school except that I was able to live in their home rent free. That should have been my way out! I should have stood up to my father and said, "since you're not paying, I'm not going, and I'm also not going into debt." I foolishly believe that I'd make a decent income to service the debt. The law schools & my parents believed it, so I thought I was making a good decision at the time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com