>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?

First of all, yes, I consider college education part of parents' responsibility. I recognize that not everyone feels this way. I've had this argument with some other folks in the Fox community repeatedly over the years.

Second, in the cases I was talking about, I wasn't referring to an occasional new car, but to the people who traded in their car every two or three years and each new one seemed to be an upgrade over the last one. In the same group, I'd put those who bought new cars for kids at 16 and then needed financial aid for college, and those who prioritized a boat or a vacation home over money for college.

Tamar