>>In a few, it was clear that the parents could have made different choices along the way--fewer new cars, etc.--and had more money for college if they'd wanted.)
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>>Your think that people who work hard all of their lives to provide for themselves and their children OWE their children a college education instead buying themselves the occasional new car or saving for their own retirement? Seriously?
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>That's an excellent question and one that more and more parents are being forced to ask themselves because of skyrocketing school costs and stagnant incomes.
>My generation never had to face that choice, but my children's generation is right in the thick of it as their children reach college age.
>I've seem some families mortgage their home to finance their kids' education, and at the other end of the spectrum I've seen others do absolutely nothing.
>No easy answers, but it's another example of the effects of increasing income disparity.

Question - have you purchased any of the Harry Potter books for anyone?