Why do so many parents tell their kids to go to college, but never attempt to save money for them to go?

Answer 1

my parents did that to me they told me they wanted me to learn to save money and to be independent. but yeah it sucks!!

Answer 2

There are many different answers to this question, could be because the parents don't have the money to do so, but want a better future for their children. Could also be the fact that when it is the parents paying for it the child is less likely to do as well if they themselves have to dig into their pocket. You would think twice about skipping classes and goofing off if you loose the money for the class but if your parents pay for it then its no loss to you. It is that kind of attitude that generally prevents a parent from doing that or it could be just the simple fact that the parents paid their way through and think it best for the child to do the same.

Answer 3

It is the parent's job to tell their kids to get a better education and have a better future down the line. But it is not the parent's job to support them because once they are 18, it is their job to support themselves. There are too many parents that made so many sacrifices to save money for the kid's college tuition and the kids wind out taking advantage of it and wasting the money.

Answer 4

Well, they should. And the child should save money too when they get a job or monetary presents. However, there is a school of thought that suggests that because student loans and scholarships are so available that it makes more sense for the parents to plan for their retirement instead of their children's college. I don't necessarily agree with that, but that what certain studies say.

Answer 5

Why is up to the parents to pay a childs way thru college? By that time they have sacrificed many, many things for themselves just raising the kids. At 18 they are adults and should take care of themselves. What sense does it make for a parent to scrape for several years, provide to juniors every need, then when the kid graduates they make more than their parents every dreamed of. Get loans, grants, scholarships. give mom and dad chance to take that vacation they always wanted, or a chance to buy that dream home.

Answer 6

If the kids worked hard enough in high school, they could get scholarships and not need mom and dad's money. Works both ways.

Until you have to make a living, pay for food, housing and a family you will never understand just how hard it is to do what you are asking.

I assume you are smart enough to understand why parents want their kids to go to college...right?

Answer 7

If you have steel armor to not collapse in grief after a few weeks or months; if you have street sense enough to realize now you'll have to watch your back in this career, mixing with unsavory people who mean harm, you probably will make it. Remember a few precautions. One, especially in your late teens, ideals feel wholly justified, with repercussions blanketed away. Two, be prepared to lower your living conditions, standards, wardrobe and meals. Your professional parents don't want to see that happen. Your friend, probably at the same social level, doesn't either. Also, school boards are people with whom transactions are difficult, especially with new ideas. They have only so much funding, and your first barricade won't mean it's the last. They have to adhere to federal regulations, and you'd have to know, and probably practice law to go that far for the changes you intend. You might aim for the higher goal of setting policy. Prepare too for careful inoculations against diseases and illnesses common to that income level.

Answer 8

For my parents they didn't have the income due to raising 3 kids but they always made us work for what we wanted. If you want a good job you learn the skills needed and then go out and land that job. It taught me responsibility and that you have to work and earn things in order to be successful.
too many kids nowadays think they can live off mommy and daddies money and do nothing but party their loser butts away right into alcohol and drug addictions.

Answer 9

Because they want better for their children than they have. All parents would love to be able to send their children to college. Maybe they did not go to collge themselves and simply cannot afford to pay for it. My mother did not go to college and worked as a maid and could not afford to send me. But she told me that if I wanted better, I had to go. And I dont know what the parents you are reffering to have to deal with, but it is very hard to raise and support children these days, sometimes savings are just impossible. Good luck to you!

Answer 10

have you ever tried to save money for the kid to go, it has become hard to do, back when my father was young he was making little pay but over the years he got raises and such and is so much better off now, ( real estate values went up and up)

my pay in 20 years has not gone up like that, and cost have risen, hence no savings for kid to go to college, ,my suggestion is tell your kid to get good marks and get full scholarships,

Answer 11

Maybe because they want to their kids have good future but not use they money I mean to take out off they pockets!!!